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Assuming they were even listening? They only care about how many dollars got slipped into their pockets
There's a reason Zuck went straight after trump's balls...
TikTok is his main competitor, and he's offering cash and letting them control the propaganda.
Our highest legal court is a joke and everyone knows it...
Historically that's not a good sign for a society. A legal system is the compromise we all agree too, when one side violates a compromise, the other side will as well. It's a matter of when not if.
I mean the arguments themselves were fairly cogent, all things considered. The prosecution got grilled pretty damn hard too.
They claim the ban is for national security reasons because China can easily use TikTok to spread propaganda that benefits them.
Can’t have social media algorithms tweaked to spread propaganda, right Elon?
"Can’t have foreign social media algorithms tweaked to spread propaganda, right Elon?"
Foreign media is harder to control with only local laws. For example, VK, which is the Russian version of Facebook, allows spouse abuse.
That's fucking illegal, but Russians are pieces of shit that allow that, and passing a law in the US won't force them to remove that kind of content
That's exactly why it's different. Why ByteDance is being banned.
If they were serious about fixing problems, Twitter and Facebook would go first.