Whatever you think of TikTok -- I don't like it at all -- the ban by the US government, now endorsed by the Supreme Court, is a direct attack on freedom of expression in the United States.
If you think this very, very bad precedent won't be used to block all kinds of free expression going forward, you will find yourself sadly mistaken.
A travesty in every way.
@dangillmor Also a reminder that if, for instance, you build a commercially successful business that happens to compete against one of the oligarchs’ businesses, you can expect them to weaponize government and just take whatever you built. Or destroy it to protect their interests.
@helava @dangillmor Yes, but these shouldn't be able to be businesses to begin with. I really DGAF about it destroying businesses. I care about (1) the much worse businesses still here, and (2) any possible spillover into censoring non capitalist-seized communities.