I do so hope this ban actually comes to fruition.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...re-google-play
I’m torn over this one, tho, because I think it’s clearly government overreach, but TikTok is very much a real threat to our national security.
I’d imagine most of us here are well out of the age range of its base, but I’d still be interested to hear other thoughts.
In the end, I don’t think banning a social media network app download is a limitation on free speech. For a couple of reasons:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.the...re-google-play
I’m torn over this one, tho, because I think it’s clearly government overreach, but TikTok is very much a real threat to our national security.
I’d imagine most of us here are well out of the age range of its base, but I’d still be interested to hear other thoughts.
In the end, I don’t think banning a social media network app download is a limitation on free speech. For a couple of reasons:
- Social networks have TOS that already limit the speech that takes place on their network, so social media speech is not free speech in its truest sense
- Algorithms actively suppress speech if it does not cater to your previous likes and follows, so the speech you are watching is not in any sense of the word free. It is dependent on you telling them what speech you think is acceptable and then having it parroted back at you.
- Those same algorithms prop up the voices of the wealthy far more than they do the poor, so even after you take the likes and follows into account the speech you are seeing is not free by any means. It’s been purchased with technical/algorithmic manipulation or blatant bribery/sponsorships.
Last edited by John McClane; 09-18-20 at 10:45 PM.