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.

  • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    161·
    1 day ago

    What does it tell you that the Chinese government itself wants to protect their people from the influence of TikTok?

    Absolutely nothing?

    This is a country that has incredibly authoritarian laws on the books regarding the internet because it doesn’t want it’s people reading “”“”“western propaganda”“”", why would we assume it’s reason for continuing that behaviour isn’t the same as it’s always been: bullshit

    • thericofactor@sh.itjust.works
      88·
      1 day ago

      It tells me that TikTok is used to brainwash people and that they don’t want their own weapon used against them.

      And I agree other social media does the same. Maybe a little less obvious. The Chinese authoritarian government can obviously protect their own from this much more effectively.

      In America blocking an app like TikTok is considered taking away the freedom of people to choose and express themselves. Especially after getting a large part of the population addicted to the crappy content.

      China is using the freedom of the west against them.

          • theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            14·
            20 hours ago

            What argument can be made against actual schizophrenic ramblings with absolutely no basis in reality? How can one start to address the finer points of an argument made during a psychotic break?

            • thericofactor@sh.itjust.works
              3·
              20 hours ago

              What part of the argument has no basis in reality?

              These are the facts:

              • China has their own version of TikTok, for which they control much of the nature of the content.
              • this alternative app is only meant for the Chinese population and limits usage, so young people are less prone to waste a lot of time on it.
              • meanwhile the actual TikTok app features tons of misinformation and is made to be highly addictive
              • it is also quite well-known that TikTok collects most user information of pretty much all social media apps.
              • we know nothing about the underlying algorithms, but it’s pretty safe to assume the Chinese government doesn’t have our best interest in mind.

              My conclusion is that it’s not unlikely TikTok is used at least to some degree, by the Chinese as a tool for spying, and to spread propaganda to further their own agenda.

              While the Chinese version is somewhat educational, in the west it spreads misinformation, it has people waste time doing dumb ass dances and playback songs. It effectively makes people stupid.

              Now please enlighten me and show me my logical fallacy.