STOP THE BAN!!!

 As all tik tok users saw last week, there was a petition page on tik ok right as you opened it to encourage users to partake in protecting this app. This all started when a bill was passed to effectively remove tik tok under the circumstance that the Chinese company does not comply with standards the US government has recently released. To go even further than tik tok itself the “Restrict Act” (March 7, 2023) gives added powers to the Secretary of Commerce to start banning most Chinese owned apps in America. This act also puts citizens at a disadvantage for challenging these decisions. With all these events taking place to go against and abolish tik tok judicial systems have also stepped in and are not being ordered to act on created criminal penalties to any citizens who tries to access the app after it has been banned. It is time for the more than 100 million American tik tok users to send emails to congress, sign petitions, spread the decision’s being made and take action to defend the app of our generation. If the ban goes through American citizens are put in a position where our 1^st amendment rights are in jeopardy due to such a large control of our internet usage. There are alternatives to give our government the peace of mind they want while not completely wiping out an entire branch of internet from the American citizens. 

https://go.peoplepower.org/letter/tiktok-ban

 

My Take:

As I’ve stated over and over in my previous blogs, I still just don’t understand the logic in such monumental advances our government is making towards the app. I mean our political and presidential structures want to preach how America protects its citizens rights and values citizens inputs (HELLO DEMOCRACY) yet is choosing to take a very restrictive measure against not only the app itself but the citizens and politicians who could greatly boost their votes as well. It in its entirety is messing with our right to the 1^st amendment and the government seems to not care anymore so long as they don’t get their feelings hurt over their relations with China. 

 

 

My Question to You:

Obviously have you signed the petition when it popped up on your phone? If you did not why? Did you think it was a fake or a spam of some sort?

****Below I have added a link directly to the petition to anyone who would like to sign :)***

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-tiktok-ban-021414e9-86da-402c-8fef-59294d08416d

Georgia Runoffs and Tik Tok

 Georgia Lefkowicz is a teenager from Georgia who has always been interested in politics. He will be old enough to vote on November 3, 2020, and he plans to engage in them. Senate elections are at the top of Lefkowitz’s list of priorities because they "will decide the future of American politics for the next two years." In other words, if Americans want to get anything done in politics, they must first get through the Senate and actively participate in these elections. Lefkowicz, like many other millennials, shared their opinions and study findings on social media, but statistics reveal that most of them use Tik Tok to increase their viewing.  Specifically pertaining to Georgia politics, Senator David Perdue, and Jon Ossoff, the 2020 election rivals, are a prime illustration of how young individuals are utilizing the Tik Tok platform to disseminate state-level politics. Because there have been so many posts on this election in particular, Georgia has been ranked as one of the states with the highest political activity and higher voter turnout than in the 2016 election season—which, incidentally, is the year Tik Tok was just launched. Georgia adopts more younger electors into the senate in addition to being a state where voting is more popular; as a result, Tik Tok is being used more frequently in Georgia than ever before for advertising purposes. Tom Bonier, the CEO of Target Smart, expresses his amazement at the voter statistics in the smaller elections, even though most people prefer presidential elections over state elections. Young adults in Georgia are not only getting more involved in society, but they are also getting involved in their state government, which is crucial as the elected officials make many decisions that affect our state's favorable aspects.

 

 

My Take:

I believe that not only with Georgia but every state in America has in some form or another seen an increase in voter turn out from executive to state elections as a result of Tik Tok. Politicians in any area have to understand that Tik Tok is essentially the life line for the survival of young voters to continue being politically active. In the case of George Lefkowicz he was a young kid interested in elections and once he became of age he was able to utilize the most popular app to help  engage other peers of his age group (Young Adults). He also publicized a major standard that even myself tend to over look which is the amount of power the Senate hold to each individual state. From now on I am going to be paying more attention to Georgias political sphere as those electorates are the ones making the most direct and impactful decisions for me. 

My Question to You:

What ways (if any) do you get information about any government decisions happing in the senate? Does Tik Tok help you to stay in the loop? Maybe even a specific Tik Tok influencer?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-runoff-youth-vote/2020/12/30/8104720c-4605-11eb-b0e4-0f182923a025_story.html