So thinking beyond their stated reasoning - which doesn't make much sense unless they do something similar to facebook and co, which they won't - makes me wonder.
With this administration everything is overtly political and typically defensive and/or misdirection.
* To ban something 'from China' appeals to his base.
* Tiktok was used to 'humiliate' the president at his Tulsa 'comeback rally'
* Trump is having 'issues' with Twitter and to a lesser extent Facebook and other social media. They are marking and removing posts for example.
Perhaps the larger theme here is to fire a warning shot at Twitter, Facebook and to a lesser extent Google. If you mess with us and don't do what we want - we can and will shut you down. Because 'national security'. Does that seem a leap? Not really because foreign entities (in particular Russia) actively and successfully use social media, against US interests.
Is this good? No. It's really bad. This is classic Trump - distracting, destructive, coercing, nonsensical, abusive and chaotic. With even a small amount of thought it can be seen to be smoke and mirrors.
A strong argument can be made that social media is a big problem in the US, for a variety of reasons, including national security. That this step is nothing to do with trying to fix that, and everything to do with the failing and flailing administration.
With this administration everything is overtly political and typically defensive and/or misdirection.
* To ban something 'from China' appeals to his base. * Tiktok was used to 'humiliate' the president at his Tulsa 'comeback rally' * Trump is having 'issues' with Twitter and to a lesser extent Facebook and other social media. They are marking and removing posts for example.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/08/01/is-this-t...
Perhaps the larger theme here is to fire a warning shot at Twitter, Facebook and to a lesser extent Google. If you mess with us and don't do what we want - we can and will shut you down. Because 'national security'. Does that seem a leap? Not really because foreign entities (in particular Russia) actively and successfully use social media, against US interests.
Is this good? No. It's really bad. This is classic Trump - distracting, destructive, coercing, nonsensical, abusive and chaotic. With even a small amount of thought it can be seen to be smoke and mirrors.
A strong argument can be made that social media is a big problem in the US, for a variety of reasons, including national security. That this step is nothing to do with trying to fix that, and everything to do with the failing and flailing administration.