And this justifies compromising on our freedoms? Some populist utters the words “national security” and we decide to destroy the first amendment.
That mindset is an affront to what it means to be American and it is much more of a threat to our country and the rights of our citizens than TikTok could ever be.
Precisely. We should not censor platforms that enable effective free speech to occur. TikTok is the one place that you can post a political video that doesn’t get removed within seconds for “violating community standards.” It’s blatantly obvious that the American big tech companies such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google are propaganda arms of the US government that employ specialized algorithms to censor thought provoking content and further specific political agendas. A platform like TikTok is, by nature of its origin, resilient to that.
That mindset is an affront to what it means to be American and it is much more of a threat to our country and the rights of our citizens than TikTok could ever be.
See: the PATRIOT Act.