Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada

> "Most people can say, 'Why is it a big deal for a teenager now to have their data [on TikTok]?' Well in five years, in 10 years, that teenager will be a young adult, will be engaged in different activities around the world,"

I’m technically Gen-Z (but just barely) and this is something that really worries me. It’s become increasingly normal in recent times to share absolutely everything online but I’ve got a pretty grim feeling that this isn’t gonna end well. People don’t realize that the AI’s being trained on your data today will act as an internet history that you can never delete.

We are lucky who live in America with free speech. I read an article the other day where a woman in Israel was kicked out of school, arrested and imprisoned for months without charge, and basically had her entire career and life ruined for social media posts because that country doesn't have the freedom of speech we often take for granted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/03/magazine/israel-free-spee...

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