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1. Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 08:53:10 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

   Watch as EFF’s David Greene explains on PBS News Hour how a #TikTok ban in the U.S. could violate First Amendment rights, and why comprehensive data privacy legislation is what we really need. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-a-tiktok-ban-in-the-u-s-could-violate-1st-amendment-rights

   • Darcy (mor696@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 10:03:17 JST Darcy

     in reply to

     @eff

     Odd how Americans will fight to save something that is rotting the brains of children when China has happily banned:

     Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X and other platforms.

     Good job USA. The amount of self harm Americans will do to themselves is truly Astounding!!!

   • Tooty McTootface (tootymctootface@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 11:12:44 JST Tooty McTootface

     in reply to

     @eff wtfeff… defending china? China named all U.S. social media, cause why the fuck would they want to have to censor all that shit… but defending banning what is an insane CCP data collection tool? Go fuck yourself eff

   • Ben Royce 🇺🇦 (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 18:16:06 JST Ben Royce 🇺🇦

     in reply to

     @eff

     yeah i'm unfollowing you #EFF

     i expect "perfect is the enemy of the good" nonsense from random commenters

     but i expect better from you

     #tiktok is a vile obscenity of privacy defilement. nevermind the propaganda and disinfo angle

     and here you are, saying we should go soft on this sh**ty evil thing

     because you want more

     why is this "i stand against this good thing because i want better" such a seductive take for otherwise intelligent people?

     #tiktoktban

   • millennial falcon (falcennial@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 18:29:38 JST millennial falcon

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     @eff right, the US Constitution explicitly protects Chinese interests via corporate actors in its famous text:

     "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of the Chinese Communist Party, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of Chinese social media corporations; or the right of the Chinese people and incorporated bodies peaceably to track American citizens, and to petition the US Government for a redress of grievances."