Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.

Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.

  • Bricriu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    173·
    2 months ago

    Interesting article. I think the money quotes that shifted my POV a little were these:

    It has become a leading source of information in this country. About one-third of Americans under 30 regularly get their news from it.

    and

    American law has long restricted foreign ownership of television or radio stations, even by companies based in friendly countries. “Limits on foreign ownership have been a part of federal communications policy for more than a century,”

    It does place the ban in some more relevant historical context.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      52·
      2 months ago

      It does place the ban in some more relevant historical context.

      Yes, the context of censorship, propaganda, and extremely violent imperialism.