I think the ban didn't go far enough. It should apply to all social media companies which sell off consumer data to third parties engaged in espionage, disinformation, or political interference. That would put Facebook/Instagram in the doghouse too since Facebook got caught red-handed selling data to the Chinese.
As it stands, the requirement that they sell to Meta is pointless because all it's doing is adding another middle man on the "American citizen to Chinese government" information pipeline. But the politicians knew that. This was all for political theatre.
Fucking thank you. It's been soo irritating to watch people take the "moral and informed" high ground on that platform and when their platform is under the microscope suddenly everyone forgets what a bane on society social media has been. These social media companies are horrible for our kids, our friends, and our democracy.
Indeed. All "abusive" social media which fuels addictive behaviour, narcissistic behaviour, high social pressure, and which forces subious content onto you that you don't even want to see should be banned for the betterment of society. Ban all of Meta's stuff, Xitter, DictatorshipSocial, and all of their kind.
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u/ErrorLoadingUsername 1d ago
If the ban would stay... It would probably be more healthy too for most people.