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  • Jim_Just_Jim@lemmy.worldBanned from communitytoNews@lemmy.worldDesperate TikTok lobbying effort backfires on Capitol Hill
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    1 year ago

    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.





  • 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.