I have been working on my backlog so I blew the dust off of my copy of Bravely Default for 3DS. I am so impressed by the art style of this game, and the 3D effects really add to the sense of immersion. If you’re a fan of old school jrpgs I would encourage you to give it a shot. It gives me FF9 vibes. I’m only a few hours in but so far I’m really enjoying it.

Long live the 3ds!!

What a piece of garbage.

I was having a bad day. This is good news.

At this point I am choosing to no longer engage in this conversation. Your counter arguments seem to convey so little comprehension (willful or unwitting) that I feel engaging further would not meaningfully contribute to the discussions held in this thread moving forward.

Google is your friend.

Firstly, the US government has greater authority and ability to fine or otherwise leverage financial action against companies incorporated in the US.

Secondly, Facebook leadership has been repeatedly called to testify in front of Congress for various reasons in recent years, and in doing so has been held accountable for numerous failures. In August of last year they paid out $725 mil in a class action lawsuit. Although not US, still NATO example: In May of 2023 they were fined 1.2b euros for breach of data by the UK.

They were also recently called to testify in front of US congress about the online child exploitation crisis.

Granted they make billions, but they are getting punished for mismanagement, both publicly and financially. It may be a drop in the bucket, so to speak, but it’s been enough for them to change their policies and practices over the years.

Action against tiktok is intended to do the same.

A US company is held accountable to US law and more importantly, by the US citizens.

If you hand your data to Facebook and they abuse it, there are at least some ways to hold Facebook accountable publicly and financially.

If you hand your data to Chinese sponsored corporations, there is even less accountability.

Make no mistake, all corporations are collecting and exploiting your information, but if you are a US citizen, you should seriously consider not giving persona and biometric data to a foreign power that can’t be held accountable.

Please provide citations for your arguments.

Israel could just quit holding a terrorist organization accountable for killing 1300 innocent people? That’s your solution? Where do you live?

“The time when countries use air drops, and these maritime piers, is usually if not always, in situations when you want to deliver humanitarian aid into enemy territory,”

That should have spelled it out enough for those that don’t understand. Gaza is considered enemy territory as a direct result of Hamas actions. So the US is trying to help the innocent in a hostile environment.

I wouldn’t call this “classic moral panic”. I would characterize it as our nations leaders demanding that Tiktok revisit their data collection practices in the interest of protecting US citizens.

Yeah there are lots of reasons. Tiktok has been proven to be harvesting browsing habits, biometrics (facial ID and fingerprints), voice identification, key logging, and more.

You are giving your face, fingerprints, and voice to a state sponsored entity in the age of deep fakes and broad sweeping intelligence operations.

If you’re pro China, then this is a good thing. If you care about identity theft, deep fakes, or your credentials being sold on the dark web, then tiktok is a Very Bad Thing.

There’s a lot more to this than “LeTs HaTe ChINa!”

Do your research. The bipartisan effort to ban a state owned app has merit. I wish that our leaders would be more educated on other efforts of foreign nations to amass US user data.

Frankly, I hope that this leads us to look inward at how our own US incorporated entities amass and exploit our data. I recognize the trend toward improving that line of effort but feel like it can only go so far.

I guess since our congressmen invest a significant sum of money in big tech, while simultaneously receiving millions in lobbyist dollars, they’ll probably continue to ignore a lot of the problems at home.

It seems that the American people vote with payouts in mind, and our elected officials do the same. Unfortunate.

You made me chuckle. Thanks!

Yeah that’s it.

“Rich person doesn’t understand how to save money!”

Haha what a joker. Everyone knows you don’t go to the ER for lightheadedness. You gotta self medicate, use WebMD, and ride that wave until you can get seen by your grandmama, your buddy who’s a volunteer 1st responder, your friend’s wife who’s a nurse, or, if push comes to shove, the N.P. at the CVS Minute Clinic.

You never go full E.R. Gotta clip those coupons.

(Tongue in cheek.)

If it were exclusively the “Republican way” then this issue could have been resolved at several inflection points throughout US history.

It’s not a problem exclusive to any political party. It’s a problem because people like money. That’s the end of it. Politicians invest in corporations. Lobbyists provide kickbacks to politicians. Politicians bias their legislation to ensure maximum personal profit.

To isolate this issue to any particular political party or orientation is to perpetuate it.

Blame all of them. And vote accordingly.