![]() ![]() The Montana TikTok ban is focused squarely on China. Watch her report.īut the Montana law is not targeting other platforms where there is misinformation, hate speech or content that is inappropriate for children. Opposing TikTok’s right to exist because of a possible national security threat is a separate thing from concerns over how its algorithm, like those of other social media platforms, influences what people see.ĬNN’s Clare Duffy saw some uncomfortable and eye-opening things when she took over a 14-year-old’s TikTok account. RELATED: Despite TikTok ban threat, influencers are flocking to a new app from its parent company ![]() Just one example of how expression on TikTok can be important: We learned about the teacher being investigated by the Florida Department of Education for showing a Disney movie featuring a biracial and gay character because of her viral TikTok video. While it might make obvious sense for the US and state governments to ban the use of TikTok on devices they own, banning it for everyone in a state seems like something else entirely, particularly when the platform is being used as a unique forum for content creation and expression. The FBI has also warned that China, through TikTok, could use information about Americans to mold public opinion if it invades Taiwan. Many US officials have expressed fears that the Chinese government could potentially access US data via TikTok for spying purposes, though there is so far no evidence that the Chinese government has ever accessed personal information of US-based TikTok users. ![]() What’s wrong with TikTok? From CNN’s main report: TikTok is owned by China-based ByteDance. In addition to prohibiting TikTok from operating inside Montana state lines, the law could also impose fines of up to $10,000 per violation per day on companies like Apple or Google that host TikTok in their app stores. And there are real questions about how it could be enforced. The bill signed into law by Montana’s governor on Wednesday won’t go into effect until January, assuming it survives widely expected court challenges. Just ask people in Russia how to get around government internet censorship. If that seems legally dubious and impossible to enforce, it may well be both of those things. Nationalist fears of China led the state government of Montana to impose – or start trying to figure out how to impose – a ban on TikTok, the app that’s sensationally popular with young people, for everyone in the state. What people have the freedom to say and where they have the freedom to say it has been up for debate for the entire history of the country, but it feels like we are entering a period of growing pains on multiple fronts. Even drag shows, celebrations of free expression, are being targeted in Florida.Ĭonversely, complaints of an uncompromising attitude toward opposing views, particularly on college campuses, is leading to calls for conservatives to be protected for their views. Those digital-age angles are all separate from the ongoing and increasingly rancorous disputes over views on morality.Ī wave of protectionist laws are meant to shield children but are chilling what can be said about sexuality in school – at a time when more people feel they have a reason to discuss it. Meanwhile, nobody’s really sure if that’s a person or a machine speaking.Īmericans’ commitment to freedom of speech is colliding with their dislike of the Chinese government and their addiction to social media. The Supreme Court is protecting Twitter from being held responsible for terrorist tweets. ![]()
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