But TikTik is an important forum for the people of the world to solve our thorny issues! In the days before social media, our world was a mess. Today we are awash in sage, well-reasoned discourse: a new Age of Enlightenment! What fools we'd be to tinker with this valuable information ecosystem. /s
Younger generations being anti-war is a tale as old as time. Unrelated to the current “TikTok-fed generation”. Meaning TikTok isn’t making them enlightened, that’s just how younger people always are.
I think it's still an important tool. Even though the tale isn't new, TikTok is a modern and popular way for those younger generations to share their opinions on debated topics. I think that's why banning the app has been viewed so intensely as suppressing voices. In earlier decades there was no global app with an information spout that could be turned on and off per region.
Actually, foreign companies are banned from owning more than 25% ownership of a tv and radio broadcast licenses in the US. And that law exists for this exact same reason, to avoid a situation where another country has the ability to control media consumed by the US.
Its a tool. Flawed tool by design, the flaw is obvious to some and not to others, yet all experience it. Tool that have many similar tools as competition, albeit none is exactly the same.
TikTok and only TikTok an 'important tool'? Not unless you are somehow invested in it, or if you consciously make it one.
The fact that young generations want to share details of their lives is fine and TBH who cares, but platform to do so basically doesn't matter. If it would be banned 10 others would fill the gap on the market in days. If its really an 'important tool'.
That's good, we should also tell them about bad things done by other countries/civilizations. Because until then it's extremely weird how it only focuses on destabilizing and demoralizing countries internally
And there are some news about protests in other countries on the app, I've received some in my feed. I agree it's important to have a global understanding of events in the world.
The focus on US instability in the US feeds make sense to me though, people want to be able to have a say and encourage action in their local areas.
