Comment on India Banned TikTok, It Didn’t Go Well

• Mikufan@ani.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  euronews.com/…/german-politician-says-country-sho…

  Not EU as a whole, but Germany takes first steps regarding it. EU usually follows with such things.

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s just calls talk from what I can see. Nothing even resembling a legal proposal. And EU already can ban it via DSA which actually protects consumers instead of being magical “national security”.

    Also, EU requires unanimity and not everyone thinks singling out TikTok instead of all corporate social media is the right action. This is not going anywhere in the EU.

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    • someguy3@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      … That’s how things start. You generally talk about things first, you have a conversation, and then you make a proposal. This whole thing seems to be complaining about timing or something.

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      • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        1. It’s just a call for a talk by the intelligence committee, not an actual talk.
        2. It’s happening on local level in Germany, not the EU.
        3. A bunch of EU countries banned TikTok from government devices, EU banned it from staff member devices, but at no point there was talk about general ban of TikTok under DSA or new law.

        EU has started the process of banning it as well.

        If you have any information to prove me wrong, I’m open to hearing it.

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    • Mikufan@ani.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Talking about it in our parliament is one of the first steps to take for laws.

      Also, EU requires unanimity and not everyone thinks singling out TikTok instead of all corporate social media is the right action. This is not going anywhere in the EU.

      Not exactly wrong but not right either.

      Most weren’t in favor of shit like the north stream pipeline, they didn’t veto it however. We will see.

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      • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        By their own admission, they need TikTok:

        • German politician takes to TikTok to compete with far-right AfD
        • German government needs TikTok, Scholz says, as AfD surges in polls

        And is it even being brought to the full parliament? The article only mentioned intelligence committee.

        Most weren’t in favor of shit like the north stream pipeline, they didn’t veto it however.

        Bad comparison. Unlike with banning TikTok, which would piss off a big part of EU population and give nothing in return, the pipeline offered cheaper energy prices, which all countries could take a political win on, despite the many valid concerns it had.

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    EU usually follows with such things.

    I don’t think that’s actually true

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