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.
Internet ≠ Web and other stuff on the application layer. But I agree this stuff is important to fix.
Yeah I get what you’re saying- I’m making the point that for an uncomfortably large portion of the world, including people in America, Facebook/instagram/tiktok IS the internet. We can ensure the pipes are clear all we want, but if the application layer is effectively the access portal and is in itself locked down with an iron fist, we’re ignoring the real and more immediate problem.
One of the great tragedies in tech is wikis/forums/message boards being replaced by discord, an unsearchable, ephemeral, corporately controlled platform. Have a discord/slack/whatever to chat sure, but put your docs out in the open!