▲ | w0m 3 months ago | |||||||
Functionally; as TikTok is a known/controlled mouthpiece for the CCP - it's infringing the first amendment rights of the foreign govt within US borders? | ||||||||
▲ | hwillis 3 months ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
1. source? 2. A core principle of the constitution is that those rights apply to noncitizens as well as citizens. They are human rights, not citizen rights. It's significantly more ridiculous for corporations to have free speech than a government. They don't have less of a right to free speech because we don't like them. | ||||||||
▲ | runako 2 months ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
Extend this line of argument a little further and it ends with US citizens not being able to freely access information that is published elsewhere in the world. You may not like TikTok, but this line of argumentation also would allow the government to prevent US citizens from e.g. reading Iranian newspapers or researching Chinese media. The polarizing nature of TikTok obscures the fact that US users are losing freedom of access to information in this decision. | ||||||||
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