grajaganDev

>If this law had impacted all social media equally, I would be a huge advocate.

I would as well and it is unfortunate that we haven't/can't pass such a law. Hopefully someday we can.

I support the TikTok ban in the meantime.

Yes - there is very little HUMINT happening nowadays. The end of an era.

I am going to pass on addressing your hypothetical question.

>7 million of them business owners

It might be best for un-diversified businesses to fail.

ByteDance must show that it is in talks to divest TikTok to be eligible for an extension.

ByteDance has refused to sell so far.

>The US controls Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, Reddit, Snapchat, Whatsapp.

Not in the way that the CCP controls ByteDance. ByteDance cannot win a lawsuit against the Chinese government.

China, Russia and Iran are designated adversaries and will be treated as such.

And I think Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, Reddit, Snapchat, Whatsapp should be also be far more regulated.

Musk won't be in the White House for long.

It got enforced today.

This is an excellent example of a Straw Man argument.

Thank you for clarifying - I disagree with your point.

China is far, far more powerful than Zuck or Musk.

They will have to compete with the FBI.

They built a fireproof house in Malibu which survived the 2017 Woolsey fire and the recent fire.

But the fires took a huge emotional toll anyway (survivor's guilt).

Can you imagine having the only house left standing in the Palisades and living there?

Fold pillows in half lengthwise before putting in the pillow case.

Don't do dishes by hand - dishwashers save water and of course, time.

Store all of your clean clothes in the dryer - save time folding and putting them away.

Write 'bottom left', 'top left', etc. with a Sharpie on the corners of your fitted sheet to make it quick and easy to put on the bed.

Maids don't deal with clutter so you have to clean up after yourself anyway.

Are you referring to Russia and Iran?

I am saying that but would prefer to state it this way:

Individuals are not equipped to recognized and counter the effects of highly sophisticated influence operations run by adversaries with enormous resources.

This argues that the algorithm be transparent and I agree:

"Users (and our government) should instead insist that, to operate in the USA, that ByteDance respect the software rights and freedoms of their users by releasing both the server and App components of the software under a “free and open source” (FOSS) license."

Meta and Google have this in their internal systems.

Good idea - couldn't the linter also be an LLM?

It is pretty wild that now 99% of spying is done through a keyboard.

HUMINT has become very difficult due to ubiquitous automated physical surveillance, social media and DNA.

To credibly run HUMINT, the agent must have a strong backstory.

The people doing the vetting also work for intelligence agencies with unlimited funding.

The CIA largely recruited only from Ivy League universities well into the 1980s.

They had months to sell TikToc and chose not to.

Exactly.

And anyone is free to fly to China and have conversations.

Or read the state-run media from China.

These free speech arguments seem to have the prior that TicTok is literally the only communications channel.

I think that this is an example of the Weak Analogy Fallacy.

This seems a bit like splitting hairs.

There is quite a bit of naivete regarding how the Chinese government controls Chinese companies.

It is very different from the US.

ByteDance has agency.

They had the chance to divest TikToc and chose not to.

AI or LLMs? Not specified in the article.

LLMs will never be ready.

I am concerned that our elections could be and have been distorted by our adversaries using TikToc and other platforms.

I am not OK with that.

Agreed.

But owning the platform makes influence far, far more efficient and that is why we should not allow our adversaries to do so.