| | '''Conservative Defense of TikTok''' against the proposed ban or forced sale of [[TikTok]] by President [[Biden]], a candidate for the [[United States presidential election, 2024|president in 2024]], include the following: | | '''Conservative Defense of TikTok''' against the proposed ban or forced sale of [[TikTok]] by President [[Biden]], a candidate for the [[United States presidential election, 2024|president in 2024]], include the following: |
| | + | {{cquote|The Restrict Act not only bans Americans from using TikTok, it is a Patriot Act 2.0 for the Internet. It would give the govt unfettered access to all the data on our computers, phones, security cameras, internet browsing history, payment applications and more. It throws the Freedom of Information Act out the window, cannot be challenged in court, and criminalizes the use of a VPN with up to 20 years in jail and $1M fine.<ref>https://truthsocial.com/users/TulsiGabbard/statuses/110168460788792401</ref>}} |
| | #TikTok, according to its CEO, is used by roughly half of the U.S. population, and the "bipartisan" show trial is nothing short of a statist, anti-democratic power grab antithetical to freedom of conscience and individual liberty.<ref>Lee, Carol E. (March 19, 2023). [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/tiktok-now-150-million-active-users-us-ceo-tell-congress-rcna75607 TikTok now has 150 million active users in the U.S., CEO to tell Congress]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved March 26, 2023.</ref> Blaming the platform for excessive harmful content created by a minority of its users, as is the argument employed by numerous U.S. representatives, is grounded in as little sense as advocating the shutdown of Coca-Cola for incidents of diabetes. | | #TikTok, according to its CEO, is used by roughly half of the U.S. population, and the "bipartisan" show trial is nothing short of a statist, anti-democratic power grab antithetical to freedom of conscience and individual liberty.<ref>Lee, Carol E. (March 19, 2023). [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/tiktok-now-150-million-active-users-us-ceo-tell-congress-rcna75607 TikTok now has 150 million active users in the U.S., CEO to tell Congress]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved March 26, 2023.</ref> Blaming the platform for excessive harmful content created by a minority of its users, as is the argument employed by numerous U.S. representatives, is grounded in as little sense as advocating the shutdown of Coca-Cola for incidents of diabetes. |
| | #The timing of [[Biden]]'s 180-degree shift to seek to ban TikTok, after initially courting it, suggests that [[Dem]]s see an erosion of their control of young voters due to TikTok.<ref>Pahwa, Nitish (March 16, 2023). [https://slate.com/technology/2023/03/biden-tiktok-sale-china.html Joe Biden’s TikTok Crackdown Might Not Work Out for Him]. ''Slate''. Retrieved March 26, 2023.</ref> | | #The timing of [[Biden]]'s 180-degree shift to seek to ban TikTok, after initially courting it, suggests that [[Dem]]s see an erosion of their control of young voters due to TikTok.<ref>Pahwa, Nitish (March 16, 2023). [https://slate.com/technology/2023/03/biden-tiktok-sale-china.html Joe Biden’s TikTok Crackdown Might Not Work Out for Him]. ''Slate''. Retrieved March 26, 2023.</ref> |