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1. Social media is a corrupt and dangerous business model. TikTok is a great illustration, a global platform organized by Chinese Communist Party censors. The problem is the *business model.* washingtonpost.com/technology/201…
2. Right now people 'pay' for social media and information utilities by subjecting themselves to manipulation, surveillance, addiction, and censorship. Because there's no monetary cost, users over-consume without noticing.
3. Google, Facebook, Snap, TikTok, etc -- all rely on tricking users into thinking the communications platform is free. It isn't. We should stop this ridiculous model and just have communications platforms charge money for services. nytimes.com/2019/10/17/opi…
4. In the meantime, ban TikTok from the U.S. This isn't hard. At the very least, the U.S. Army should not, say, spend money recruiting soldiers on TikTok, thus giving a Chinese platform direct visibility into human resource strategies. Wait. Shoot. about.bgov.com/news/whats-you…
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