000@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoSupreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Biden says he won’t enforce it.rfa.orgexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down112
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minus-squareLetme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down3·12 hours agoHere is a list of the other 34 countries that have banned it and their reasons why: https://time.com/6971009/tiktok-banned-restrictions-worldwide-countries-united-states-law/ Most countries concerned about disinformation campaigns influencing politics, or brainwashing children (probably some adults too)
minus-squarej4yt33@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoWhich is ironic given that Facebook and YouTube are probably not banned. I would think that those have played a far far bigger role in the rise of the right, vaccination scepticism and general conspiracy theories
minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoLooks like much of the northern hemisphere does not trust TickTok.
minus-squarecybersandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·10 hours agoIt’s literally all bans on government devices. Which is totally reasonable. Ban it from govt devices.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 hours agoThat’s not fair. It’s totally banned in at least Afghanistan, Iran, and North Korea.
Here is a list of the other 34 countries that have banned it and their reasons why: https://time.com/6971009/tiktok-banned-restrictions-worldwide-countries-united-states-law/
Most countries concerned about disinformation campaigns influencing politics, or brainwashing children (probably some adults too)
Which is ironic given that Facebook and YouTube are probably not banned. I would think that those have played a far far bigger role in the rise of the right, vaccination scepticism and general conspiracy theories
Looks like much of the northern hemisphere does not trust TickTok.
It’s literally all bans on government devices. Which is totally reasonable. Ban it from govt devices.
That’s not fair. It’s totally banned in at least Afghanistan, Iran, and North Korea.
India too iirc