[dannyisaphantom]

> TikTok could become really important, really fast. We shouldn’t let things get to that point.

Twitter was and is still very, very popularly used to get immediate news in the event of domestic and international emergencies and it still is at this point considering it is used as a platform which agencies can use to convey information quickly and have it retweeted.

Anyone who has been on Twitter recognizes this. You can still find first-person POV from users in some really interesting situations that would otherwise not be shown on mass-media networks due to regulatory controls on what can and can't be shown.

Does that validate the use-case in Twitter being banned? Let's say the new owner doesn't want to show reporting from what is happening in Eastern Europe - does that further solidify an argument that it should be banned because it has been 'weaponized'?

The author at no point references Twitter in their article and just continues on a narrow lens on the subject matter.

What is the value in banning an app in a shroud of hypotheticals?