Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.

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    2 years ago

    TikTok isn’t doing anything that any other major social media company isn’t also doing. The only difference being that TikTok is owned by a Chinese company, and not a US one.

    Just banning one app does little to resolve the overall privacy and information nightmare that social media is.

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      2 years ago

      Oh? You have a source that other social media websites suppress certain stories?