Analysts have suggested it is "just matter of time" until the US ban on TikTok spreads.

Summary

Analysts predict a potential global ripple effect if the U.S. ban on TikTok remains, with allied nations likely to follow.

Experts cite the ousting of Chinese and Russian tech firms like Huawei and Kaspersky on national security grounds as a blueprint for how the ban could spread worldwide.

TikTok is already restricted on government devices in many countries, and the Five Eyes Alliance nations have issued warnings.

If the ban expands, TikTok risks losing its U.S. user base, curbing revenues and global reach, potentially accelerating its decline.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    1 day ago

    Oh wait we’ve already planted the seeds of that with what we’re doing here on the Fediverse. Carry on, carry on.

    We don’t control the physical layer. We need wireless mesh networking, including long-range links.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      61·
      1 day ago

      A grue after my own heart! 100% exactly, and this is an issue I feel like most other people aren’t discussing!

      Decentralization is moot if we’re using centralized pipes controlled by corporations and governments.

      We need a return to community communications like the days of the barbed wire phone networks.

      • anomnomEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        LoRa can get pretty far, but we’ll also be returning to the days of modem speed data.

        • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          5 hours ago

          I mean honestly with all the impending environmental catastrophes and likely energy crisis I personally feel like the only viable compute future we actually have is low-power high-latency devices.

          I’m glad I’m a command line junkie because there’s gonna be a future where I think that’s basically all that is left based on energy available and compute power.