• arthurpizza@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 months ago

    Banning websites in the year 2024 is never going to work. The average user is more savvy than the average lawmaker.

    • Feyter@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      IDK is the average TikTok user really installing VPN software on it’s phone? And if something is banned in a country companies are far less likely to put in effort in it.

      So even if people can still use it, technically, TikTok lifes of selling scam shit to people… If you have the skills to install a VPN your probably also not falling for that stuff.

      I actually see that as a win. TikTok is not a platform for political discussion or private communication (by design) so I don’t hate the idea of it getting banned.

      • delirious_owl@discuss.online
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 months ago

        I’m not on tiktok but my understanding is that there’s a lot of Palestinians on there whose voice otherwise wouldn’t be heard from the taxpayers that are funding their genocide.

        That’s a very positive political consequence of the platform.

      • arthurpizza@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 months ago

        IDK is the average TikTok user really installing VPN software on it’s phone?

        Yes. From the article a, 2500% spike in VPN usage.

        TikTok is not a platform for political discussion

        Yet, despite that, it’s working as one. Effectively.