Canada 'closely monitoring' U.S. bill to ban TikTok

[RobI]

The Liberal government is “closely monitoring” bipartisan legislation in the United States Congress seeking to prohibit TikTok from operating in the United States.

“We are closely monitoring developments in the United States regarding TikTok,” including the new bill, said Laurie Bouchard, spokesperson for Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne.

The U.S. legislation, introduced Tuesday, is driven by concerns over the Chinese ownership of the short-video social media app and its parent company ByteDance Ltd. Republican Senator Marco Rubio introduced the bill in the Senate and Republican Mike Gallagher and Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi put forward legislation in the House of Representatives.

“TikTok is digital fentanyl that’s addicting Americans, collecting troves of their data, and censoring their news,” Gallagher said in a statement. “Allowing the app to continue to operate in the U.S. would be like allowing the U.S.S.R. to buy up the New York Times, Washington Post, and major broadcast networks during the Cold War.”

'Digital fentanyl': Canada closely monitoring U.S. bill to ban Chinese-owned TikTok

Canadian government is "closely monitoring" legislation in the U.S. Congress seeking to prohibit Chinese-owned TikTok from operating.

nationalpost.com

 

[Pleasure Hound]

Yes, TikTok (and all Social Media) should be banned and heavily discouraged forever.

Likely will not happen, but I can dream...

 

[RobI]

Yes, TikTok (and all Social Media) should be banned and heavily discouraged forever.

Likely will not happen, but I can dream...

Yes, sometimes I miss not opening Facebook and seeing something stupid (occasionally funny-stupid, but usually not). I can last 1-3 minutes on Twitter on a good day

 

[Pleasure Hound]

Yes, sometimes I miss not opening Facebook and seeing something stupid (occasionally funny-stupid, but usually not). I can last 1-3 minutes on Twitter on a good day

Well, any "bad" thing is fine in small doses. You can drink a thimble-full of bleach a day and still survive.....

The problem is that people are binging on it because they are addicted. Simple as that.....

 

[SuddenAwakening]

This like how the CCP called video games "spiritual opium"

 

[explorerzip]

Yes, TikTok (and all Social Media) should be banned and heavily discouraged forever.

Likely will not happen, but I can dream...

Maybe you haven't thought about it, but Terb and sites like it are also social media platforms. You can do exactly the same things on these sites as you can on Facebook, TikTok, etc. Only difference is that they don't have the same reach as the major platforms.