Donald Trump has submitted a filing to the Supreme Court regarding the TikTok case brought by the Justice Department, which the court will decide in the coming session. The lawsuit brought by the DOJ alleges "violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and its implementing regulations...

Summary

Donald Trump submitted a Supreme Court filing opposing a TikTok ban, citing his “dealmaking expertise” and promising to resolve national security concerns.

The brief advocates delaying the case to allow Trump to address it politically.

Legal experts criticized the filing for being overly self-promotional and unprecedented, with some mistaking it for satire.

Critics noted its unusual tone and highlighted the involvement of Trump’s potential solicitor general pick, D. John Sauer, in drafting the document.

The case concerns TikTok’s alleged violations of privacy laws and ties to China.

  • hark@lemmy.world
    402·
    1 day ago

    If that’s sufficient for a ban, then most or all the rest of social and mass media would qualify as well.

    • thericofactor@sh.itjust.works
      104·
      1 day ago

      Tell me what other social media use separate versions and time limits between countries?

      But I agree that other social media should be regarded critically as well. It’s just that china takes a very obvious approach trying to shield their own people from the obviously effective propaganda machine they created.

      • hark@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 day ago

        I don’t know about time limits, but social media does get censored on a per-country basis depending on the government of each country. Also, each person has their own tailored content based on the algorithm that it might as well be considered a different version.

        We could just as easily mandate restrictions on data or require timers for children on social media instead of doing a full ban. Note that the US was fine with keeping tiktok if they sold to an American company. Something tells me the brain rot would not be lessened and no special timer would be implemented by the new ownership if it were to have gone through.

    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world
      74·
      1 day ago

      I think part of the argument here is the very asymmetric nature of Chinese social media that makes their intentions rather obvious. They banned almost every foreign website/app or heavily restricted them like almost no other country did. They aren’t even allowing their own apps when they’re not primarily made for domestic use. It’s a tool to control people and that’s how the Chinese government uses it. It’s not just another corporation trying to turn a profit by wasting our time with nonsense and only destroying democracy as a byproduct like Facebook. Destroying Democracy is the point of TikTok as we’re seeing all around the world where it aggressively pushes anti-democratic content.