We need to consider the implications of the bill that’s being rushed through Congress to ban TikTok—or force its sale to a US buyer. The claim, of course, is that it’s a Chinese spy platform and the US government wants to protect us from spying. No, you didn’t lose your way and end up on The Onion or the Babylon Bee—that’s the claim. Big Brother is really your friend. They want to protect you from any propaganda except their own. And of course, as Davis explains, our Congress critters hope that this will be an easy bit of gaslighting to con the voters in the course of their reinstallment campaigns—China bashing is always popular and is an easy sell. Hey, it was the Chinese who stole our manufacturing base, not our Rulers who gave it away. And, remember the spy balloon!
i run linux mint on two computers; I used xenix (unix variant) on an intel micro platform in 1982 and own a first edition of kerrigan & richie (the unix creators) on Unix and "C" progamming language. There are hundreds of general apps that run on both Windows and Variations of Unix, e.g. browsers and office suites, but........there are an equal number of special apps that only run on Windows. and stripping the desktop off Android (unix derivative) requires enormous amount of time and unix experience and can be negated the first time you click on a google analytics platform, i.e, any server.
I don't have a membership with TikTok, but, I can still read it when people post/link to it. I also find positions on it no better/worse that positions on other social media sites. If you don't want to be spied on, don't use it; I do get pissed when google play store pushes TikTok to my Android smartphone every time i open a google App - maybe we should ban google instead. All social media should be regulated into two categories: 1) an access platform that allows all postings, no matter how offensive/salacious or incorrect they may be; 2) "Publisher" platform that can moderate/ban contents but can be held criminally/ financially liable for false/incorrect content. Both platforms are, however, a "use at your own risk" when it comes to how the platform owner uses your date. Read the EULA on every program you own. Windows11 is far worse that TikTok and I had to buy it with my most recent computer purchase.
It would appear that the DS is rapidly assembling the mechanisms needed to completely control the narrative and eliminate any opposing voices. Massie is spot on, this law will prove to be another Trojan Horse, and like the Patriot Act, that will be turned against the citizens of the United States.
Boggles the mind to imagine Crazy Zhou getting to decide which platforms get thumbs up and which get thumbs down.
Perilous times indeed. Each day makes it that much easier to understand how Nazi Germany evolved.
i run linux mint on two computers; I used xenix (unix variant) on an intel micro platform in 1982 and own a first edition of kerrigan & richie (the unix creators) on Unix and "C" progamming language. There are hundreds of general apps that run on both Windows and Variations of Unix, e.g. browsers and office suites, but........there are an equal number of special apps that only run on Windows. and stripping the desktop off Android (unix derivative) requires enormous amount of time and unix experience and can be negated the first time you click on a google analytics platform, i.e, any server.
I don't have a membership with TikTok, but, I can still read it when people post/link to it. I also find positions on it no better/worse that positions on other social media sites. If you don't want to be spied on, don't use it; I do get pissed when google play store pushes TikTok to my Android smartphone every time i open a google App - maybe we should ban google instead. All social media should be regulated into two categories: 1) an access platform that allows all postings, no matter how offensive/salacious or incorrect they may be; 2) "Publisher" platform that can moderate/ban contents but can be held criminally/ financially liable for false/incorrect content. Both platforms are, however, a "use at your own risk" when it comes to how the platform owner uses your date. Read the EULA on every program you own. Windows11 is far worse that TikTok and I had to buy it with my most recent computer purchase.
Republics don’t die. They are murdered.
It would appear that the DS is rapidly assembling the mechanisms needed to completely control the narrative and eliminate any opposing voices. Massie is spot on, this law will prove to be another Trojan Horse, and like the Patriot Act, that will be turned against the citizens of the United States.
Boggles the mind to imagine Crazy Zhou getting to decide which platforms get thumbs up and which get thumbs down.
Perilous times indeed. Each day makes it that much easier to understand how Nazi Germany evolved.
It’s interesting that the establishment has gone after tiktok while seemingly letting the ‘anti establishment’ turncoats get on major platforms.
The likes of Musk, Maloney, Brand, Tucker, Rogan, Jones, etc. will broach most topics except one.
This substack has an interesting take.
https://maryamhenein.substack.com/p/meet-the-new-establishment-narrative
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CIA agents reportedly made fake social media accounts to spread rumors about the Chinese government — The Verge
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