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Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows::Close to half of American adults support a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey that also asked questions about national security concerns and China.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How about we pass a goddamn federal-level privacy law in this country?

Oh... I see...

You say it's too hard to reconcile privacy laws between 50 states? Hmm, yes. Sounds impossible for a global superpower. Let's just get back to banning things. Cool!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Modernized privacy law alone wouldn't be enough. The danger from social media apps (not just TikTok) is algorithmically swaying public opinion. It's an ultra-refined form of propaganda.

Taking the GDPR as an example, a modern and widely recognized privacy law, there is virtually no protection from manipulation of your news feed. GDPR is primarily worried about gathering and resale of personal information to data brokers. Within a service, it's virtually guaranteed to obtain consent from people to gain full access to the site.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about we do neither thing, and continue to have cool shit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is standardizing privacy law incompatible with cool shit?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"privacy law" is generally a misnomer.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Your comments are a misnomer if you think that.