Why does it have to be nationalist censorship?
The concerns with TikTok are always around data collection and propaganda, not it pwning other stuff on the same network with malicious network traffic?
I suppose they're just going along with their new law in a way that buys some political points.
Personally, I'd love it if we banned the damn thing everywhere, but only because I hate the mindless content :)
Your fridge was maybe made there too, are you scared a secret radio chip could activate to render your food communist ?
Whether it's a positive influence on _anything_ is questionable.
But it's not something happening outside politics
If you believe you're doing the right thing in some cases - you don't give up because you can't do the right thing in all cases.
UT Austin can be in the wrong. I'm just saying - simply because UT Austin banned TikTok doesn't mean they're doing it for censorship reasons. There could be other reasons...
The site filed a lawsuit against the block saying they couldn’t block the site entirely since it complied with CAN SPAM.
A slashdotter compared the argument to “I have a driver’s license and car insurance, therefore I have the right to park on your lawn”.
^ “advertiser supported”.
For the sake of argument, imagine if advertiser supported content was in fact banned in certain places. Don’t you think that non-advertiser supported models would quickly fill the gap?