A photograph cannot inspire an antiwar movement if the antiwar movement has been spirited away in the night to a facility in Louisiana. www.theverge.com/features/761...
The origins of the TikTok ban.
Always knew there was a motive behind the ban
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Terrific article!! Thank you so much for shining a light on this Sarah 🙏🏽🍉
They also handed Trump the power to shut it down on a whim if he decides to. I’m sure that’ll work out well if people use TikTok to organize against him.
Thank you for writing this and highlighting this issue.
One of the most powerful and well-crafted pieces I’ve read in a long time. The way it connects the human tragedy in Gaza with the politics of censorship and the TikTok ban is both searing and thought-provoking.
The stars really aligned to make the TikTok ban a reality. Facebook wanting a monopoly, Oracle wanting free grift money, karens testing their moral panic playbooks. But the article shows the national security freaks were what pushed it. Information nationalism is weak and antithetical to democracy.
The TikTok ban — passed with overwhelming bipartisan support — was motivated by fear that kids these days had the wrong opinions about Israel. With the physical crackdown on dissent, enforcing the sell-or-ban law app is no longer a priority. www.theverge.com/features/761...
