I'm not really on board with banning TikTok; for purposes of entertainment, promoting businesses, and such, it's often been much more constructive than its critics are willing to admit. (I do not use it myself even for entertainment consumption).
But politically, it's increasingly concerning to me that it's become a destructive source of …
I'm not really on board with banning TikTok; for purposes of entertainment, promoting businesses, and such, it's often been much more constructive than its critics are willing to admit. (I do not use it myself even for entertainment consumption).
But politically, it's increasingly concerning to me that it's become a destructive source of misinformation. Even if we dismiss the idea of a Russian, Chinese, or whatever conspiracy to warp US elections and public opinion, there's been way too much crap on it giving people (especially but not exclusively young voters) false ideas on all range of issues, ranging from the economy to social issues to certain international conflicts that aren't for discussion here.
Regarding Romania, nullifying an election result or imposing a do-over is an extreme measure that understandably people can be wary about. But it's good to see someone taking decisive action against Russian meddling.
Problem is broader than TikTok though, and even foreign disinfo (even if that’s more concentrated), but rather social media more broadly. There’s so much bullshit swirling around and so much incentive to perpetuate it that one platform or one foreign actor doesn’t begin to cover the problem. And it’s global
I would propose that there should be a complete redesign of social media that’s based on legislation which limits the ability for users to get corrupted the way they have been under Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
AOL was the far superior social media platform because it gave users more autonomy and control over their own domain with less problems. Social media should not allow people to show their own name unless there’s a process by which to verify it legally or if they have to pay.
I'm not really on board with banning TikTok; for purposes of entertainment, promoting businesses, and such, it's often been much more constructive than its critics are willing to admit. (I do not use it myself even for entertainment consumption).
But politically, it's increasingly concerning to me that it's become a destructive source of misinformation. Even if we dismiss the idea of a Russian, Chinese, or whatever conspiracy to warp US elections and public opinion, there's been way too much crap on it giving people (especially but not exclusively young voters) false ideas on all range of issues, ranging from the economy to social issues to certain international conflicts that aren't for discussion here.
Regarding Romania, nullifying an election result or imposing a do-over is an extreme measure that understandably people can be wary about. But it's good to see someone taking decisive action against Russian meddling.
Problem is broader than TikTok though, and even foreign disinfo (even if that’s more concentrated), but rather social media more broadly. There’s so much bullshit swirling around and so much incentive to perpetuate it that one platform or one foreign actor doesn’t begin to cover the problem. And it’s global
Yep. Not an America problem, but rather a humanity problem.
I think we are past the tipping point, and pretty much screwed.
Agreed, sadly. That and the climate combine for a bad one-two punch
I would propose that there should be a complete redesign of social media that’s based on legislation which limits the ability for users to get corrupted the way they have been under Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
AOL was the far superior social media platform because it gave users more autonomy and control over their own domain with less problems. Social media should not allow people to show their own name unless there’s a process by which to verify it legally or if they have to pay.