Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.

Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.

  • Bricriu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    183·
    7 months ago

    Interesting article. I think the money quotes that shifted my POV a little were these:

    It has become a leading source of information in this country. About one-third of Americans under 30 regularly get their news from it.

    and

    American law has long restricted foreign ownership of television or radio stations, even by companies based in friendly countries. “Limits on foreign ownership have been a part of federal communications policy for more than a century,”

    It does place the ban in some more relevant historical context.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      53·
      7 months ago

      It does place the ban in some more relevant historical context.

      Yes, the context of censorship, propaganda, and extremely violent imperialism.

      • mindbleachEnglish
        1·
        7 months ago

        Propaganda is the problem being addressed.

        How the fuck else would you address it? Spare me the canned responses about “education.” The simple fact is, some sentences change people’s minds regardless of what’s true. We can either tolerate when that’s used to cause problems… or not.