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[–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How is this itself not a fake argument?

The arguments in support of tick-tock are a bizarre amalgamation of just about every category of bad faith argument. I haven't seen one that suggests tick-tock it's actually a net benefit.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    it's not that tiktok is good, it's that banning it sets a bad precedent and will be used to justify further control and censorship of the internet

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    That's a much better argument than what's presented in this meme. There's at least an argument to claim that the difference is about curtailing foreign interest through ownership. Ownership does heavily influence a platform. Unfortunately that hasn't prevented Murdock from owning more formal messaging platforms.

    On a side note, how do you feel about a handful of corporations controlling and censoring the Internet?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Whataboutism is a form of informal fallacy.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Whataboutism means nothing at this point. Risk analysis? Whataboutism. Considering consequences? Whataboutism.

    "Informal" means it's not actually a fallacy. Prooooobably because people use it way outside of its definition to dismiss arguments they don't like because they have not thought through whatever they are arguing about.

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