The 2024 Presidential Race Thread

Box Ox

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No one in the government should be banning.

Chinese Communist Party-controlled ByteDance certainly needs to divest from it. The privacy angle is what our politicians are pointing to but it's the CPC's manipulation and destabilization efforts that are the real problem for us.
 

Thebrownblob

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Chinese Communist Party-controlled ByteDance certainly needs to divest from it. The privacy angle is what our politicians are pointing to but it's the CPC's manipulation and destabilization efforts that are the real problem for us.
I’m far more worried with what our own government does to destabilize us, than a government thousands of miles away. Although I have nothing to do with TikTok. Most social media ruining young peoples brains.
 

vantexan

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Chinese Communist Party-controlled ByteDance certainly needs to divest from it. The privacy angle is what our politicians are pointing to but it's the CPC's manipulation and destabilization efforts that are the real problem for us.
What will be interesting is if we push the communists out will Tik Tok still have the content that makes it so popular? In China Tik Tok videos are pretty tame and educational. Any company running it here will go for what is profitable. And we know what sells these days.
 

PT Car Washer

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I’m far more worried with what our own government does to destabilize us, than a government thousands of miles away. Although I have nothing to do with TikTok. Most social media ruining young peoples brains.
You're not worried that both Putin's Russia and communist China are endorsing a second trump regime?
 

Box Ox

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Chinese Communist Party-controlled ByteDance certainly needs to divest from it. The privacy angle is what our politicians are pointing to but it's the CPC's manipulation and destabilization efforts that are the real problem for us.
What will be interesting is if we push the communists out will Tik Tok still have the content that makes it so popular? In China Tik Tok videos are pretty tame and educational. Any company running it here will go for what is profitable. And we know what sells these days.

Haven't seen stuff like this on other social media platforms:

40 Most Dangerous TikTok Trends for Kids (momjunky.com)
 

Thebrownblob

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Sure, but why aren't we seeing this on other social media platforms?
When my kids were younger, they were all kinds of things like that on Facebook and Instagram. They were able to participate in very little of it, because any phone they ever had was highly parental controlled by myself.

The worst one was Snapchat, where they would send each other snaps and disappear. My kids begged me to let them have that and then a bunch of kids at Their school got busted for sending each other nudes.

No matter how bad TikTok is, if their parents said “no” it wouldn’t be such a problem. Most parents are too scared to tell their kids no.

Would you give your kid who is 12 years old unlimited access to a pornographic store?
 
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Box Ox

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No matter how bad TikTok is, if their parents said “no” it wouldn’t be such a problem.

But they aren't, so the CCP will continue its efforts to manipulate and destabilize the US. We shouldn't avoid divestment or a ban in the hope that the CCP's efforts will be stopped by parents becoming better parents.
 

Thebrownblob

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But they aren't, so the CCP will continue its efforts to manipulate and destabilize the US. We shouldn't avoid divestment or a ban in the hope that the CCP's efforts will be stopped by parents becoming better parents.
Perhaps but if parents are that stupid, it will just be the next thing that gets their kids. There’s really no replacement for diligent, caring and involved parents.
 

vantexan

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The number one most dangerous problem for kids….

Their own weak parents.

Parents are supposed to be guardians. Now they have them a phone or a tablet and pat them on the head.
They used to turn on the tv and kids were exposed to thousands of depicted murders before they were grown. This has been a problem for decades.
 

BrownFlush

Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
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