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Nepal decides to ban TikTok::A Cabinet meeting on Monday took the decision to ban the social media app.

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[–] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 1 year ago (10 children)

in nepal posting in "vulgar" language is also forbidden by law, as is stuff like stating that you are poly on social media, so them passing another overreaching censorship law is no surprise.

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[–] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 11 months ago (4 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I have seen it's true face. Social media is an extended gutter and the gutter is full of ads and when the drains finally scab over all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their pop-ups and clickbait will foam up about their waists and and all the reply guys and soy boys will look up and shout "save us!"... and I'll look down and whisper... "No."

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that Watchmen?

I recognize that last line, but can't remember where it's from.

[–] Motzart@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Why? I love Shorts! Takes me back to the days of early YouTube, when not everything had to be a 30+ minute video and you could still discover small unknown channels just from browsing. Shorts is the best thing to happen to YouTube since they added HD support back in 2010.

Please explain yourself.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't really like Tiktok. But, forcing the choice on people probably isn't the best idea either.

[–] ilikehangers@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

It's CCP spyware. It should be banned everywhere.

[–] Teritz@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What about American Spy Ware?

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] interceder270@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean? If the concern is spyware, then that concern exists whether your using American software or Chinese software.

If you don't think the concern is spyware and it's solely China, then don't mention spyware. Say you don't like it because it's Chinese and leave it at that. You'd come across as more genuine.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

The problem is both. I support none of them nor their evil efforts.

The difference is that Tiktok is controlled / influenced by the CCP and the other social media networks are controlled by corporate boards of directors. Tiktok is under the influence of evil communists, literally.

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[–] Infinity13@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Its about time to ban TikTok. Look what kind of youth have become. Kids doing crazy things for the "fame" of the internet - beating other kids to death, stealing cars, doing drugs, and all minds of illegal stuff just for fun and have lots of "likes". My brother spends hours a day on TikTok he cant keep focused for a long time anymore. I dont trust him anymore because he forgets things all the time now. He is loosing lots of money and now in a huge debts because he was buying things too expensive for him just to upload pics and videos to be "recognised" n stuff... You can say that its my brothers fault, but TikTok and social media is dragging him more than anything. And it happens for a lot of people

[–] terminhell@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

I've had it, a long with X and everything meta/Facebook banned on my home network for a while now. It's been great.

[–] GreyTechnician@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

Yes! The most toxic social media app loses users, lets go!

[–] ultra@feddit.ro 10 points 1 year ago
[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago
[–] yoz@aussie.zone 8 points 11 months ago

Nepal and India both hate China

[–] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (15 children)

Yay! As a father, that app makes me nervous

Edit: wow just coming back to this, I think I may have just started a war

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[–] WhyDoesntThisThingWork@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Lol. I remember when Trump said he was going to ban it and everyone was like nooooo. This is so concerning for free speech. Now that it's not Trump doing it, everyone says: Great, everyone should ban it.

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

The motivations to van the app matter. Trump wanted to ban it to censure the "wokes". Nepal bans it to prevent the spread of hate speach.

Social media and mostly the mainstream ones became an issue for democracy. These private companies must moderate before publishing. We must take them to account for what is on their platforms. Social medias are responsible for what is on them at the same level as the people posting it. If they don't want to comply, it's a ban.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

I certainly wasn't like nooooo.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

All four of them

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