Tiktok is a short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese Company ByteDance. The app is used by 2 million people globally. In 2021 Cloudfare ranked Tiktok as the most popular website in the world. In 2022 U.S. , U.K., Norway, the EU Parliament, Belgium, Canada and New Zeeland banned government employees from installing the Chinese social media app TikTok on their phones. The applications is banned for use by all citizens in Afghanistan, Armenia, India, Iran and Syria. Proponents of banning TikTok argue that the Chinese government uses the app as an espionage tool to collect data on users worldwide. Opponents argue that the internet should remain open and giving governments power to ban Tiktok would lead to more government regulation of the internet.
@9FJSRV92yrs2Y
Only if they will not work to moderate the spread of misinformation campaigns, and the same should apply for any social media company that won't do the same
No, but there should be more restrictions on collecting data and information from users
@9CGBPXC2yrs2Y
Split in thought. I wish it were not created in the first place, as I would also hold to for most social media outlets, however I don't find it reasonable or justified to ban it unless it is directly targeted at weakening or destroying a countries security or other pivotal functions.
@9CF74WN2yrs2Y
Limit what can be posted on TikTok and take a look at the effects it has on student mental health.
@9CQJF7L2yrs2Y
No, the Tiktok situation is not unique to Tiktok. This is just political propaganda because Tiktok was the #1 site used by the Freedom Rally.
@9CPPFST2yrs2Y
No, but we should require TikTok to promote educational content, like how it does in its Chinese version, Douyin. Every major social media out there collects user information and sells it to anyone willing to pay a sufficient price for it, without exception. If we want to prevent foreign governments from accessing user information, we might as well ban the entire internet.
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