The Irony of US Lawmakers Pursuing a Solution to a Problem That's Already Solved by Draft Legislation

TikTok's users would flock to other apps that have no qualms about surveilling the most private moments of their lives. Congress was handed ample opportunity to address concerns about children's minds being warped by social media more than a year ago, but did nothing. The conflation of data privacy concerns and ways in which TikTok fails its under-aged users was a theme throughout the hearing. In reality, content moderation and privacy are very different problems, and there is no unified solution.