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Good, finally putting that money to good use.
Stifling competition, great use indeed. Make today's billionaires trillionaires.
TikTok are not competition, they don't even care about profit or they would have sold 80% of ownership and would continue operating legally.
They're a weapon
The same can be said for Meta and X. They even stopped moderating them. So why shall we ban TikTok and allow Meta and X to continue working? I am up for greater scrutiny of social media, but one that's applied equally across all platforms.
When Meta sold data to Russia via Cambridge Analytica they recieved the largest FTC fine in history, and that was long before the law was even conceived.
If the platforms did it today then they should face the full consequences the same as TikTok.
And where is the proof that something similar has happened? Didn't TikTok comply with every request of the US government?
And what about the lack of fact checking on Meta and X. Isn't this a concern for you that they will spread misinformation even faster now? Where are their fines?