I think actually lots of people do care about all these problems.
It's weird how so many of these threads are "whatabout other social media", when there is no contradiction in just saying "that too", and essentially none of the people who agree with the premise that TikTok is bad will argue that other social media is good.
You are posting in a thread where the OP is saying China is covertly doing damage via TikTok. Do you seriously not see the contradictions here?
China is doing damage to us when we are doing damage to ourselves too? Really? Itβs going after the wrong thing and so not finding the actual problem and hopefully the solution.
That is not at all the primary point of this article. This article focuses nearly entirely on the damage done by TikTok as a social media application, very much in keeping with the exact same criticisms the author makes of other social media. It focuses very little on the national security implications of Chinese ownership.
Personally, I think the national security argument is the much stronger one for the divestment bill (which the current administration is illegally refusing to enforce at the moment). But that's just not what this author cares most about.
I meant the GP of your previous post. Your criticism of whataboutism is flawed under the context of that GP accusing China of everything under the sun.
It's weird how so many of these threads are "whatabout other social media", when there is no contradiction in just saying "that too", and essentially none of the people who agree with the premise that TikTok is bad will argue that other social media is good.