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miroljubyesterday at 4:32 PM1 replyview on HN

> Geopolitics aside, I think everyone is kind of aware that social media is a vice, and like it or not, this could just be the beginning of our society beginning to scrutinize these platforms.

Come on. We all know that TikTok was banned because the US regime couldn't control it.

If they really wanted to ban vice, they would have banned Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and their kin a long ago.


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JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 4:42 PM

> TikTok was banned because the US regime couldn't control it

The law is fine with TikTok being owned by a Nigerian.

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