I'm not against regulation of social media such as TikTok, not because of any percieved foreign control of the narrative, but rather simply because of its harm on individuals (addiction, toxicity, dysmorphia, surveillance capitalism, to name a few things).
this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2024
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I'd like to see regulations that put consumer protections and enforcement in place that take away the concerns that everyone has with tiktok but any other social media is too.
But you know just banning the app will totally work and there won't be any other apps that do the same thing /s
Destroy all of them. We don't need social media. Keep our opinions to ourselves like the old days.
social media is one of the first places where closeted queer kids can be themselves and meet a community of people. social media is important for them we just need one free of disinformation and toxicity
I know this is in poor taste but if your argument is less than 1% of the population gains from it then their is no argument for destroying it. Cons outweigh the pros.
Okay, back to bed grandpa.
I swear most posts I see on this sub are less technology and more "what is going on in us politics and might involve a phone or computer somehow" lol
At least it's better than [email protected]... I wanted to say that [email protected] is the best by far but then I realised that they're not federated with you guys.
Edit: There really should be a technopolitics comm somewhere. I wonder whether people would use it if they knew it existed. It would probably also require some proper moderation in these communities.
My problem with banning TikTok is that it's not because it's an app that harvests data and causes psychological and social harm, but that we're banning it because it's not an American app that harvests data and causes psychological and social harm.