• FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    And you aren’t even reading what I wrote. In no post did I defend tiktok… I merely stated that what it is doing is also being done by american based companies and they should be addressed as well.

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      6 months ago

      No doubt, but accountability starts somewhere, so why have a problem with this? Why not celebrate and then demand equitable action domestically?

      “I’m not defending TikTok. I’m just bemoaning action being taken against them because bad things happen with other companies!” Not a great look.

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        6 months ago

        Where did I say I had a problem with this? So much knee jerking in here. I am stating that lawmakers should apply these same laws to our own social media. The same lawmakers who will most likely profit off this decision.

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          6 months ago

          Then you should write and call those lawmakers. You are a part of the body that elects them. Or run for office and fight the good fight yourself.

          I do hope we do get some domestic reform, but I’m able to separate this small foreign policy win from the huge need for comprehensive domestic policy.

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        Because this isn’t accountability? It won’t start any change with domestic companies, because it doesn’t apply to them. This isn’t the start of anything. If you think they’re going to use this as the starting point for actual privacy legislation, you’re very ignorant of how congress works.

        Data collection will still happen domestically, and another Cambridge Analytica will happen, so long as domestic data brokers are legal.

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        6 months ago

        How about we start with universal healthcare and then we worry about children learning dancing, right here in River City