"It's Silencing" - Albania Shuts Down TikTok.
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Can't speak for Albanian internal politics (I will speculate the incumbent administration is almost certainly likely to use to their own benefit), but more countries need to start banning large commercial American and Chinese social networks.
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Can't speak for Albanian internal politics (I will speculate the incumbent administration is almost certainly likely to use to their own benefit), but more countries need to start banning large commercial American and Chinese social networks.
But preferably not 2 months before the election
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But preferably not 2 months before the election
Depends how you look at it. If enemy states are actively leveraging their social networks to undermine democracy in your country, 2 months before the election may be the perfect time to ban US/Chinese commercial social networks.
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Depends how you look at it. If enemy states are actively leveraging their social networks to undermine democracy in your country, 2 months before the election may be the perfect time to ban US/Chinese commercial social networks.
In that case you could argue that it is the perfect time, but that is not happening in this case. The current government sees this particular medium as a threat because of the users on it, not because of the owners.
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In that case you could argue that it is the perfect time, but that is not happening in this case. The current government sees this particular medium as a threat because of the users on it, not because of the owners.
That's fair.
I was just trying to point that American attitudes (theatrical polemics claiming some sort allegiance to free speech) around social networks are not always applicable or desirable.
In my own country, Ukraine, we banned all Russian social networks and internet services in 2014 after they invaded. This is a reasonable action.
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That's fair.
I was just trying to point that American attitudes (theatrical polemics claiming some sort allegiance to free speech) around social networks are not always applicable or desirable.
In my own country, Ukraine, we banned all Russian social networks and internet services in 2014 after they invaded. This is a reasonable action.
Banning all Russian social networks and internet services in Ukraine seems like a smart decision, definitely. When it comes to TikTok it is less clear to me what a good decision would be, but the fact a foreign and potentially hostile state can influence the people is a serious threat.
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But preferably not 2 months before the election
Thats exactly when you should do it tho...
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Thats exactly when you should do it tho...
I don't think you understand the quote you use. What is in the article and in your quote of the article is thataccording to the opposition (and others) the current government is banning TikTok to silence critics and manipulate the upcoming elections.
Then you mention how TikTok is being used to manipulatie elections ... on a global scale. I don't disagree with what you're saying, but in this case the banning of a social media platform is similar to how governments suppress newspapers and tv-channels because they are a threat to the ruling party.
This is not about foreign agents influencing elections, this is about a local power suppressing their people.
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Banning all Russian social networks and internet services in Ukraine seems like a smart decision, definitely. When it comes to TikTok it is less clear to me what a good decision would be, but the fact a foreign and potentially hostile state can influence the people is a serious threat.
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I don't think you understand the quote you use. What is in the article and in your quote of the article is thataccording to the opposition (and others) the current government is banning TikTok to silence critics and manipulate the upcoming elections.
Then you mention how TikTok is being used to manipulatie elections ... on a global scale. I don't disagree with what you're saying, but in this case the banning of a social media platform is similar to how governments suppress newspapers and tv-channels because they are a threat to the ruling party.
This is not about foreign agents influencing elections, this is about a local power suppressing their people.
I understand that their motivation is to suppress opposition. What im saying is that banning tiktok wont have that effect, but the opposite. Im saying the opposition will actually benefit from moving to a different, more neutral platform in response to this ban.
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Can't speak for Albanian internal politics (I will speculate the incumbent administration is almost certainly likely to use to their own benefit), but more countries need to start banning large commercial American and Chinese social networks.
Just commercial social networks, any country , period.
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Oh no, won't somebody think of the influencers
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Oh no, won't somebody think of the influencers
Influencers make money from the platform and in most peoples' capitalism-riddled brain, "the government is ripping up your paycheck" is more alarming than "the government is silencing its people".
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Big win for libs in albania. Ban TikTok!!!! \s \s \s
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Can't speak for Albanian internal politics (I will speculate the incumbent administration is almost certainly likely to use to their own benefit), but more countries need to start banning large commercial American and Chinese social networks.
more countries need to start banning large commercial American and Chinese social networks.
Why? Don't we live in a free society?
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Oh no, won't somebody think of the influencers
i'd be more worried about the citizen journalism exposing much of what is happening on the ground that governments don't want you to see (aka gaza, for example)
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The government is not wrong tbh. Young people are addicted to social media and scroll endlessly all the time, and I have myself came across, mildly put, disturbing content. I deleted most of my social media and use the bare minimum to only keep up with some remote friends.
I also don't buy the argument that it's censoring because it's just one of many many channels people can freely communicate. TikTok alone does not mean democracy. Also, the same way it can support democracy, so can it be used to demolish it by repeating false claims to make them appear truthful. And if you add AI on top which can generate convincing images and videos of whatever...
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Can't speak for Albanian internal politics (I will speculate the incumbent administration is almost certainly likely to use to their own benefit), but more countries need to start banning large commercial American and Chinese social networks.
I strongly disagree.
That said, I think more countries should be releasing research about large social networks and recommending its citizens avoid them. The role of government isn't to force its people to be better off, but enforce the laws the people want. A social media service should only be banned if it's violating the laws and unwilling to comply, but otherwise the role of government should remain an advisory one.
