Why We Shouldn’t Ban TikTok (via WMC's the_fbomb)
run campaigns on TikTok, like their most recent, urging young people to contact their local congressperson and advocate for H.J.Resolution 16, which would lower the voting age to 16.
Don’t get me wrong: TikTok has its issues. We can all agree that big tech needs to step up and better protect its users and fight misinformation. I am also concerned that U.S. intelligence officials have warned TikTok might be an arm of China. Hours before TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress in March, China’s commerce ministry said it. That makes it more difficult for Mr. Chew to claim he is independent. During his testimony, Mr.
At the same time, many questions aimed at Mr. Chew were clearly driven by anti-Asian, anti-Chinese sentiment, and xenophobia. During Mr. Chew’s five-hour testimony, he was repeatedly asked about his loyalty to the Chinese government, many lawmakers did not even make an effort to pronounce his name correctly, and after the hearing, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton told reporters that Mr. Chew “should be deported immediately.
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