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Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting ‘attractive’ people (www.npr.org)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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People work inside the TikTok Inc. building in Culver City, Calif., Monday, March 11, 2024. House Republicans are moving ahead with a bill that would require Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the United States even as President Donald Trump is voicing opposition to the effort.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I was told that it was convention to use the highest government title that a person received once they leave government. Personally, I don't think that explanation holds much water. We don't really hear, for example of President Obama any more. Nor do we hear Secretary of State Clinton. On a practical matter, it can cause confusion so outside propaganda, I don't see much utility in it.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

convention to use the highest government title that a person received once they leave government

Listen, if everyone calls Carter 'former president Jimmy Carter' (and if you look at any news stuff, they do!), we can call Trump 'former president' too.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm ok calling the Toupee "former President and convicted felon".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Do a search for "Jim Bell, Assassination Politics"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

I was told that it was convention to use the highest government title that a person received once they leave government.

I have heard of that convention, but only in formal address (not in journalism or casual conversation). I don't know if it's official protocol anywhere or just an urban legend.

In this context, I think it's important to realize that he is not the president, that he was impeached twice, and that he is a convicted felon. His opinion does not and should not be given the same weight as that of The President of the United States.

Also, I don't see any reference to him at all in the article. It looks like OP is editorializing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

There is a title he currently holds, and which deserves a higher rank by mere exclusivity's sake...

Impeached Former President