This ban has everything to do with Israelis losing the social media war than it does China or monies to be made.
That app nearly single handedly destroyed traditional news media amongst the youth and middle aged people.
When you no longer control the brains of the mass public, you’ve lost it all and that’s FAR more detrimental that assault rifles, public spending, user data etc.
The truth was being told on that app left right and center and THATS what needs to come to an end.
There’s simply no profit in a well informed public and something was done about it.
When else have you seen Demoshits & Repugnants come together so fast?
Completely disagree.
Republicans and Democrats come together over tech regulations all the time. The attempt to break the monopolies of Google, Meta, and Apple was bipartisan.
Oscar Grant's killing was broadcast over YouTube. Philando Castile's killing was posted on Facebook live. You don't need Tiktok to bypass traditional media and politicians know this. That's why Trump ran much of his 2016 campaign on Twitter.
The plans to ban tiktok have been around for at least 2 years. Long before the start of the recent Israeli conflict. The fact that they both came to ahead at the same time is coincidence. Politicians might be old and out of touch, but even they're smart enough to realize you can't put the social media genie back in the bottle.
No. This is one of those rare times when a politician's goals are consistent with what they say. Ban tiktok so that a foreign dictatorship can't mine sensitive information about American people. It's the same reason India banned Tiktok 4 years ago.