Let’s not fool ourselves about TikTok
The last days before TikTok’s brief death were an emotional affair for users. Some American influencers posted their draft videos from 2020, jumping on the nostalgic bandwagon. An end-of-TikTok theme song trended on the app. Users commiserated and reminisced in the comment section, alternating between fondness, sadness, and anger—until the app stopped working.
Then, hours later, it all came back. But its future remains uncertain: President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday to delay TikTok’s ban. It’s not totally clear whether he has the power to override the congressional law, upheld by the Supreme Court. And the debate over keeping the app online in the United States has not died down.
Today’s newsletter brings you stories about TikTok’s ban and its revival:
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3 周I think expert on constiturional law must provide a clear direction regarding power of POTUS in this situation to keep sanity of Rule of Law , which is being eroded by the day in USA by Autocracy & Oligarchy.
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1 个月Look at all the paranoids thumping the Yellow Peril drum. Tik Tok’s real sin is serving as a site for First Amendment free expression and an organizing venue for the Free Palestine movement - especially among young people. The real threat to democracy are all of you clamoring for state censorship because you can’t control what young people are doing with their right of free expression. Disgusting. Ironically you have turned Donald Trump, of all people, into a Free Speech champion.
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1 个月It's an entertainment medium targeting women. Who cares?
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1 个月"It’s not totally clear whether [Trump] has the power to override the congressional law, upheld by the Supreme Court." Tik Tok is a national security threat, full stop. However, the erosion of the separation in powers in the U.S. Constitution is an even more dangerous threat to our democracy and our security.
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1 个月Finally. A person with an intelligence level to understand that the danger of this platform and the money everyone talks about is actually the most evil gains throughout the existence of any universe.