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'Honestly thought this was satire': Experts scoff at new Trump filing 'full of puffery' (www.rawstory.com)

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Summary

Donald Trump submitted a Supreme Court filing opposing a TikTok ban, citing his “dealmaking expertise” and promising to resolve national security concerns.

The brief advocates delaying the case to allow Trump to address it politically.

Legal experts criticized the filing for being overly self-promotional and unprecedented, with some mistaking it for satire.

Critics noted its unusual tone and highlighted the involvement of Trump’s potential solicitor general pick, D. John Sauer, in drafting the document.

The case concerns TikTok’s alleged violations of privacy laws and ties to China.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

What argument can be made against actual schizophrenic ramblings with absolutely no basis in reality? How can one start to address the finer points of an argument made during a psychotic break?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

What part of the argument has no basis in reality?

These are the facts:

China has their own version of TikTok, for which they control much of the nature of the content.
this alternative app is only meant for the Chinese population and limits usage, so young people are less prone to waste a lot of time on it.
meanwhile the actual TikTok app features tons of misinformation and is made to be highly addictive
it is also quite well-known that TikTok collects most user information of pretty much all social media apps.
we know nothing about the underlying algorithms, but it's pretty safe to assume the Chinese government doesn't have our best interest in mind.

My conclusion is that it's not unlikely TikTok is used at least to some degree, by the Chinese as a tool for spying, and to spread propaganda to further their own agenda.

While the Chinese version is somewhat educational, in the west it spreads misinformation, it has people waste time doing dumb ass dances and playback songs. It effectively makes people stupid.

Now please enlighten me and show me my logical fallacy.