TikTok,
the
alleged
national
security
risk
and
dancing
app,
isn’t
just
getting
attacked
at
the
federal
level.
Most
of
the
heat
has
come
from
the
Foreign
Adversary
Controlled
Applications
Act
that
Donald
Trump
keeps
deterring
until
some
American
billionaires
can
turn
it
into
a
proper
American
propaganda
machine,
but
the
states
want
in
on
kicking
TikTok
while
they’re
down
too.
Virginia
just
make
a
sizeable
inroad
to
to
being
able
to
sue
the
company.
29
News
has
coverage:
A
Virginia
judge
ruled
Friday
that
Attorney
General
Jason
Miyares’
lawsuit
against
TikTok
and
its
China-based
parent
company,
ByteDance
Ltd.,
will
proceed
in
Richmond
City
Circuit
Court…the
court
stated
Miyares’
complaint
contained
sufficient
allegations
of
multiple
violations
of
the
Virginia
Consumer
Protection
Act.
The
suit
makes
a
couple
of
claims
worth
mentioning.
One
claim
is
that
TikTok
is
intentionally
designed
to
be
addictive
to
adolescents.
That
should
just
be
taken
as
a
given.
In
the
social
media
market,
websites
and
applications
are
known
for
using
gamification
tactics
to
arrest
as
much
attention
as
possible:
if
you
didn’t
read
former
Facebook
president
Sean
Parker’s
assessment
of
social
media
addictiveness
back
in
2017,
read
it
and
then
factor
in
another
eight
years
of
apps
perfecting
the
process.
They
also
claimed
that
TikTok
was
deceptive
for
presenting
itself
as
being
appropriate
for
children
over
the
age
of
12;
I’ve
definitely
seen
some
content
on
the
app
that
should
have
an
“Over
18”
or
“BET
Uncut”
disclaimer.
Third,
they
say
that
the
app
obscured
its
connection
to
and
potential
to
be
manipulated
by
the
Chinese
Communist
Party.
Bit
of
potential
fear
mongering
there,
but
whatever.
You’d
think
any
actual
ties
would
have
been
made
clear
now
by
the
federal
investigation
a
while
ago.
Even
if
there
were
potential
for
manipulation
because
of
the
app,
no
psyop
could
compare
to
the
wave
of
people
realizing
America
is
a
third-world
country
with
iPhone
access
after
people
rage
flocked
to
Xiaohongshu.
Believe
me
—
the
CCP
won’t
have
to
do
much
propagandizing
if
things
continue
the
way
they
are
slated
to
be.
SNAP’s
expiration
is
about
to
threaten
40M
Americans
with
not
knowing
where
there
next
meals
will
be
coming
from.
That’ll
do
more
to
radicalize
the
average
person
than
TikTok
dance
challenges
ever
could.
If
you
thought
theory
turned
people
into
lefties,
wait
until
you
see
what
mass
hunger
does.
For
what
it’s
worth,
I
wouldn’t
be
surprised
if
things
were
better
if
TikTok
had
a
stronger
age
verification
system.
The
teenagers
and
20-somethings
would
still
be
subject
to
time-sinking
algorithms
and
compulsions
to
mindlessly
yell
“6,7”
whenever
the
opportunity
presents
itself:
But
at
least
the
mindless
users
will
be
susceptible
adults
instead
of
susceptible
children.
Judge
Allows
Virginia’s
Lawsuit
Against
TikTok
To
Move
Forward
[29
News]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.