Unfortunately, I don't think Geoffrey Cain had very strong arguments and may not have been the best person for this debate.
He didn't speak at all about what TikTok is doing to American kids right now: fostering internal division and mental health problems. As to why a hostile foreign power would seek to create internal division and damag…
Unfortunately, I don't think Geoffrey Cain had very strong arguments and may not have been the best person for this debate.
He didn't speak at all about what TikTok is doing to American kids right now: fostering internal division and mental health problems. As to why a hostile foreign power would seek to create internal division and damage young people - if you don't understand that then you truly have no common sense.
More could have been said about what type of content the algorithm has been proven to promote. The FP listed statistics around Israel/Gaza war, these would have shown and supported the point of TikTok and by extension China changing and influencing US policy. You can see this playing out on college campuses right now.
Another example is the role of TikTok in promoting and creating social contagion in the gender epidemic.
Finally, Walter Kirn kept equating the US to foreign autocracies! I'm not American, but even I was dismayed at his casual dismissal of the actions by China and North Korea, saying the US does bad things too. The key difference is the accountability in a democracy. Unbelievable.
Unfortunately, I don't think Geoffrey Cain had very strong arguments and may not have been the best person for this debate.
He didn't speak at all about what TikTok is doing to American kids right now: fostering internal division and mental health problems. As to why a hostile foreign power would seek to create internal division and damage young people - if you don't understand that then you truly have no common sense.
More could have been said about what type of content the algorithm has been proven to promote. The FP listed statistics around Israel/Gaza war, these would have shown and supported the point of TikTok and by extension China changing and influencing US policy. You can see this playing out on college campuses right now.
Another example is the role of TikTok in promoting and creating social contagion in the gender epidemic.
Finally, Walter Kirn kept equating the US to foreign autocracies! I'm not American, but even I was dismayed at his casual dismissal of the actions by China and North Korea, saying the US does bad things too. The key difference is the accountability in a democracy. Unbelievable.