Software Freedom Conservancy

@conservancy @karen The way how they've gone over the deactivation is clearly to start out with giving Trump an early populist win.
But your appeal to reason is lovely, it's just headed towards a sunsetting oligarchy ...

@conservancy
Replace "ByteDance" from the quotation above with "all social media companies" and you have my support.

This whole thing strikes me as a ridiculous case of "Their surveillance BAD! Our surveillance GOOD!"
@karen

@conservancy @karen That won't happen and it doesn't stop Meta, X, Alphabet, Apple, or Amazon who are doing the same things legally. Data going to China is readily available on the market from the aforementioned companies. And we already know that Russia, Israel, and others have used these platforms for propaganda. Shutting down TikTok earns politicians Twitter-points with Magats while also squelching speech not approved of by corporate oligarchs

This is theatre and a distraction

@conservancy I agree with everything in this – except the call for a subscription model. The general population isn't ready to pay 15 bucks a month for a social media app.

More importantly though, "if you don't pay for it, you are the product" is a dangerous trap to fall into.

@pluralistic's talk at @defcon last year aptly describes why:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EmstuO0Em8&t=462

I'm honestly surprised to see this come from the SFC, especially after the great interview between Cory and @karen recently.