Sure, TikTok is terrible in many ways. But the hypocrisy of its critics, especially members of Congress, is almost beyond belief.
The problem with TikTok is the same one we have with countless other Internet products: They are relentless violators of our privacy and security.
Fix that, and you've fixed TikTok.
Democrats are just as bad as Republicans on this. And so is Big Journalism, which mostly just amplifies the lies.
This is a moral panic with a mercantile edge.
What really gets to me is the sheer lack of consequences to the #scams and stupud #trends.
We have people telling kids to eat tidepods, dance ohtside their cars, and run into stores and licking ice cream. Or go and steal a specifica make and model of cars and destroying people's livelihood and nothing happens.
And now I need to feel bad for those "influencers" possibly losing their "income" because #Tiktok might be banned in the #US?
Yes, there are brilliant creators on Tiktok, but many of them are already big on other platforms such as #Youtube with the long-video content.
But these #Tiktok trash accounts with 1M followers can just disappear into irrelevance.
Dan Gillmor
Stark