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Trump says a TikTok ban would empower Meta, slams Facebook as 'enemy of the people' (www.cnbc.com)

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[-] dhork@lemmy.world 95 points 3 months ago

“Without TikTok, you can make Facebook bigger, and I consider Facebook to be an enemy of the people,” Trump, who was formerly U.S. president between 2017 and 2021, said in a CNBC TV interview on Monday.

I am disappointed that they go through the whole article, and never point out that Trump runs his own social media platform, and that might give him a conflict of interest when speaking about Social Media companies. Is Facebook really an enemy of the people, or is it just a competitor of Truth Social?

[-] readbeanicecream@lemm.ee 36 points 3 months ago

am disappointed that they go through the whole article, and never point out that Trump runs his own social media platform, and that might give him a conflict of interest when speaking about Social Media companies

Agreed.

Moreover, any corporate run, non open-source, centralized social media platform is an enemy of the people.

This includes TikTok, Twitter, all of Meta, Truth Social, Reddit, Next-door, and so on.

[-] youngGoku@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah Trump is technically correct here, but didn't arrive at his correctness by means of truth. Rather, he arrived by means of self serving agenda as always.

Facebook is garbage and so are all the other privatized, data harvesting, privacy violating social media platforms.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Is Facebook really an enemy of the people, or is it just a competitor of Truth Social?

Yes.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 10 points 3 months ago

Facebook. Who basically won his last election with disinformation campaigns... Why would anyone ally themselves with Trump, you will never, ever get his loyalty.

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 3 points 3 months ago

It should also be stated that the site originally was running Mastodon with a new skin to try and hide it. They have since acknowledged it and posted the source code required on the Legal page apparently (according to Wikipedia).

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago

Facebook is what got him elected. What a strange position.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Facebook before they tried to start putting some loose guardrails around disinformation and started removing bad actors or putting them on time out.

[-] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago

Donald is pretty consistent about throwing his colluders under the bus.

[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

James Comey and the fbi got him elected… how did that play out?

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 34 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Everything he doesn't like is "enemy of the people".

Exercising? Enemy of the people.

Common decency? Enemy of the people.

Defending the Constitution? Believe it or not, enemy of the people.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 29 points 3 months ago

If TikTok is a threat because it steals American's data, so is Facebook. We could solve both problems with comprehensive data privacy laws that cover foreign and domestic data harvesters.

But who am I kidding, our government doesn't care about our privacy, they're just scared of China, and even if they did they can't work together to get a decent privacy bill.

[-] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

We could solve both problems with comprehensive data privacy laws that cover foreign and domestic data harvesters.

Help American citizens? In a way that hurts profits for billionaires?

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Pretty funny given how much help Trump/MAGA has gotten from Meta's ragebait algos. Don't bite the hand that feeds you

[-] dudinax@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

TikTok's been pushing Donnie's videos.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Even a broken (smashed to bits and run through a shredder) clock is right twice a day, it seems.

However, transparent translation: man with financial stake in a social media company considers competing social media company to be "enemy"; more at 11.

[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

"Asbestos manufacturer lashes out at cigarette industry for causing cancer"

[-] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

Don’t make me start liking Facebook, Donnie. You Just shut your fat mouth!

[-] oxjox@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ok. This headline is throwing me for a loop.

More context: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allowed Donald Trump's media and technology company to merge with a blank-check acquisition vehicle in a deal that currently values the parent of his social media app Truth Social at as much as $10 billion. https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/digital-world-shares-surge-us-regulators-clear-way-merger-with-trumps-media-firm-2024-02-15/

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

The Trump administration fighting against tiktok was one of the few things I agreed with when it was a thing. I guess this flip implies it was just a shakedown.

That said, I can't disagree with this headline either. Though if he's saying that to say "don't ban tiktok", I'd disagree there. IMO there needs to be some careful thought about how social media should be regulated and if it's something that should even be in corporate hands.

[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Tik Tok Flip Flop

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Jeez he’s so fucking slimy in all these pictures. Like -unctuous.

Whatever, rural areas. Do your . . thing, I guess.

[-] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Trump or robotboy?

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

trump specifically, but yeah mecha-nero has a film going as well. But with the orange rapist it’s practically dripping

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Kinda screws up Congressional Republicans who voted for it out of committee

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

It's OK, they will now fall all over themselves to kill it, while blaming Democrats for it existing in the first place.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Trying to pretend they're not working together

[-] ech@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

¿Por qué no los dos?

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Lmao Donnie he's the only reason you won.

Don't bite the hand that feeds.

[-] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It would definitely empower Facebook, Google/YouTube, and Twitter/X. They are clearly winners in this decision. I don't use tiktok but I don't think it should be removed from the app store the same way Huawei was banned in America. With Huawei I can see why ISP's aren't allowed to use their products since it's public infrastructure, but as a consumer you should maybe have the choice to buy their phones. If you want to be dumb enough to let another government organization spy on you, that's your own fault.

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