Nepal decides to ban TikTok

kathmandupost.com Nepal decides to ban TikTok

A Cabinet meeting on Monday took the decision to ban the social media app.

Nepal decides to ban TikTok::A Cabinet meeting on Monday took the decision to ban the social media app.

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in nepal posting in "vulgar" language is also forbidden by law, as is stuff like stating that you are poly on social media, so them passing another overreaching censorship law is no surprise.
- um… where did you get that information?
  
  How about you read the one link you are commenting on before asking for another? It is in the article.
- Source?
  
  Found it linked in an article within the article here toward the bottom.
Please ban YT shorts too.
- I have seen it's true face. Social media is an extended gutter and the gutter is full of ads and when the drains finally scab over all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their pop-ups and clickbait will foam up about their waists and and all the reply guys and soy boys will look up and shout "save us!"... and I'll look down and whisper... "No."
  
  Is that Watchmen?
  
  I recognize that last line, but can't remember where it's from.
- https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/youtube-shorts-block/
Based
Yay! As a father, that app makes me nervous

Edit: wow just coming back to this, I think I may have just started a war
- Why? It's no different than any western social media. In fact, in my experience, western media tries to push their agendas on me, while my Tiktok is just full of random tech videos and cats.
  
  "Random" lmao
  
  They show you exactly what their algorithm thinks gets you the most addicted and wants you to interact with the app in any way possible. Most of the time that's achieved by making you feel negative emotions
  
  That's usually true at first, showing users content they like is gratifying to the user, but satisfied users don't stay on the app. So for example, I like motorcycles, humor, tech, dog content, and poker. Tik Tok could show me relevant videos and I'd maybe browse for a few minutes and then go do something else. But the algorithm kind of slows down the dopamine hits/relevant videos and starts inserting more content that is depressing/irrelevant... The algorithm uses the same logic that makes gambling so addictive, they'll make you feel like the dopamine hit is just around the corner, except it takes a bit longer to get there every time. "One more hand" ...>
  
  Facebook was at its worst in 2014-2018 or so. The algorithm became incredibly rage-inducing and pervasive. Facebook would intentionally show you content that you dislike(like right-wing bullshit) and if the more you interacted with it(especially if it was dislike) facebook would show you more and more of that. I was getting bombarded by extremism ideologies on Facebook and at the time I didn't understand that this was the algorithm.
  
  The Internet is no longer just "likes cat video, give more cat videos", and pushing that notion is uneducated. Tik Tok is the worst of all the apps by far, but all of the social media companies use sophisticated algorithms that intentionally fuck with you just to get you addicted to their apps.
  
  I think more people need to be informed on how these algorithms work and why they are so dangerous, especially to kids. Speaking of kids, there's a lot of content on TikTok which sexualizes underage teens. Also, I would block literally every thirst trap on TikTok that showed up in my feed, because that is simply the last thing I want to see on TikTok, yet the algorithm is so aggressive, it will continue to push content that you dislike so you are unsatisfied for longer.
  
  I've deleted Tik Tok a few times in the past but I haven't used it in about 2 years or so. Imagine how little the average person in this country knows about these algorithms.
  
  Agreed, we should ban them all
Good.
I've had it, a long with X and everything meta/Facebook banned on my home network for a while now. It's been great.
Will they ban Facebook which facilitated a genocide?

edit: there are many a genocide lover on lemmy sadly.
Nepal and India both hate China
Lol. I remember when Trump said he was going to ban it and everyone was like nooooo. This is so concerning for free speech. Now that it's not Trump doing it, everyone says: Great, everyone should ban it.
- The motivations to van the app matter. Trump wanted to ban it to censure the "wokes". Nepal bans it to prevent the spread of hate speach.
  
  Social media and mostly the mainstream ones became an issue for democracy. These private companies must moderate before publishing. We must take them to account for what is on their platforms. Social medias are responsible for what is on them at the same level as the people posting it. If they don't want to comply, it's a ban.
- I certainly wasn't like nooooo.
  
  Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
It incentivises stupidity, and controversial opinions, which gets more views and makes the "influencer" money.
All four of them

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