Also, “can” is substantially different from “is currently, as supported by evidence, outlined as part of a documented propaganda plan by a known bad-faith strategic opponent”
“US media companies” not foreign-owned. For example Russian propaganda regularly makes it’s way into channels like Fox News, you just need to incentivize 1 host, or 1 politician, or 1 guest. And online influence campaigns can still be driven by bots and fake accounts (e.g. twitter) but there are no laws in place that even begin to try to reign that in.
Fixating on TikTok, is a small and limited check on a much larger and more general problem that nobody in congress actually seems to care about.
It’s so arbitrary and limited that im not gonna assume anyone that worked on this actually cares about achieving any major objective other than banning tiktok.
Foreign ownership of broadcast media is already restricted (see https://www.fcc.gov/general/foreign-ownership-rules-and-policies-common-carrier-aeronautical-en-route-and-aeronautical ), and I am not aware of any other foreign owned social media outlets with significant market penetration into the US. Are you?
Also, “can” is substantially different from “is currently, as supported by evidence, outlined as part of a documented propaganda plan by a known bad-faith strategic opponent”
“US media companies” not foreign-owned. For example Russian propaganda regularly makes it’s way into channels like Fox News, you just need to incentivize 1 host, or 1 politician, or 1 guest. And online influence campaigns can still be driven by bots and fake accounts (e.g. twitter) but there are no laws in place that even begin to try to reign that in.
Fixating on TikTok, is a small and limited check on a much larger and more general problem that nobody in congress actually seems to care about.
It’s so arbitrary and limited that im not gonna assume anyone that worked on this actually cares about achieving any major objective other than banning tiktok.