TikTok bans in the US are painfully misguided and will backfire on so many levels. As @riana puts it, “It’s a maddening irony that American legislators’ idea for countering China is to act more like China" https://www.wired.com/story/montana-tiktok-ban-first-amendment/
Montana’s Looming TikTok Ban Is a Dangerous Tipping Point

The state is poised to be the first in the US to block downloads of the popular app, which could ignite a precarious chain reaction for digital rights.

WIRED
@lhn @riana that was exactly my thought. Forget the Great Firewall of China, some folks think we need the Great Firewall of Montana??? In which we become the thing we claim to oppose. #dumb