Do you think a complete ban on social media is coming?

Everyone uses any system/platform for their benefit(as they think). Some use for entertainment, some for information, some for time pass, some to earn money, some for sharing, etc. Some know how it is also affecting in the way they didn't want to. Yes, it also effecting their concentration abilities and way of socializing.

You can blame the platform, or go manage yourself, because it's your life.

No. Not in the US.

But even states like Montana have passed, or are considering laws that limit access by minors - which is reasonable considering how easily they're manipulated by tracking algorythms used by ruthless tech developers.

But the harm done to adult platform users is just as bad. Personal privacy, human dignity, and reliable information are compromised every day to put more money into the pockets of a few greedy billionares.

Social media and the internet as a whole needs to be regulated like a public utility.

The democrat party only chose to ban tik tok because they could not control it's narrative. The owners chose to allow it to be a free speech platform for either side to express their opinions/findings.

The same thing happened with Elon Musk's X... They also threatened that if they could not take it away for themselves they would simply shut it down until they could. But they went the extra mile with him. Claiming they would take Tesla and all his companies that he owns.

I believe there will come a day that things aren't necessarily banned. But they're taken over with a single sided narrative. Though I believe we wont see that for at least 12 years. Hopefully longer though. But they've basically stated their intentions with it. Very loud and clear. If they can't control it, they don't want you to have access to it. This is the problem with "Big government" they continue to diminish your freedoms over everything, to the point you don't have a say or a choice in the matter.

Only under the Trump Administration they first went after Craigslist for their dating site crushing the personal ads and it was not about sex trafficking after all they left all the for-profit sites intact then they went after tick tock which I understand because of the foreign government security risk but in the future they may just indeed go after free sites of social self-expression

I think it would be a good idea if people were far less inclined to believe and/or rely on social media. But, I very much doubt that is going away. It's far too easy for the powers that be to manipulate people with it for them to ever let it go.

I am older than you and i remember before the internet and mobile phones. People talked and kids played. The world has changed but not for the better i think. Maybe i am just to old now for this

no, that would be taking things too far, tiktok should go, but not the likes of facebook where people use it to keep in touch with family and friends.

Yes, humans abuse and destroy everything. Take humans out of the equation and the world/earth would be beautiful once again as it was in the beginning.

I wish they would. We would all be so much better off if they did.

Yes ban social media i am with you

They wont ban social media.. It is too good a tool to keep watch on people and what they think when their guard is down, so you know who to monitor more closely. Of course, troublemakers can be banned individiually..Thats how it is done...😷

What most of these geezers don't understand is that young people will find a way around the ban within a day or two. Most old folks don't understand technology so they rail against it, regardless of whether it's good or bad. We might also see one of our Oligarchs (Muskie, Bezos or Suckerberg) trying to buy Ticky Tok but it will be far too late, the youngsters will have already abandoned it and migrated to somewhere else...

It more or less happens in some authoritarian countries (China, Russia) and they achieve that on the back of a perverted understanding of patriotism which means you must only listen to your leaders.

We all could use a break from it

Unfortunately not everybody understands time & place for everything
Schools will probably ban cell phones during class if they haven't already
Work may also do the same

The world only seemed simple because people were limited by geography, it's no more out of control than any other time period. The stuff you see on the internet isn't a free for all, it just looks more concentrated because people from all over the world could participate but in reality it's not a lot.

I think there's no way back from here. ☹

It would be great

more likely it'll be a ban on social media not controlled by our government as we're more likely to see stuff on it that they don't want us to see

The ban on the TickingTock is more about who owns it than content.

I believe there will not be a complete ban. You will still enjoy the freedom of speech if it aligns with with the 4th Reich

TikTok will not be banned in Canada because Canada is a free country.

And speaking of a free country, did you know that "Pornhub" is a Canadian media company that operates from a Canadian website?

You would never find a website like Pornhub operating in the USA because the USA is not a free country, which is also why TikTok will be banned in the USA.

Orson Wells, please take a bow. You were right old boy, you were right!

Maybe they should do a temporarily ban and just give it all a rest for a bit.

Not in this part of the world.

They can't most people can't handle social interaction anymore

No, Tic Tock got banned because it's a CCP spy app.

A license to use the internet 😅

They can't ban Facebook. How will they get money from meta then

No, not a chance. Donald J. Trump's website called "Truth Social" is a website that was designed and organized by Donald's son Baron who manages the website AND it's content.

Any Trump rhetoric that you see on that website that is coming from the cellphone of DJ Trump are actually posts that are created and posted by his son Baron on behalf of his father.

Go after Google, Facebook and cellphones for spying

The same thing is happening right here on SW. Have you noticed how many posts are now censored by the AI logic of this website if certain words are used in any of the narrative?

No

No

It's what they said about music at one time