A bill is under debate in Congress and nationwide concerning TikTok, with the House voting overwhelmingly to compel its separation from the Chinese Communist Party due to concerns about its influence on American youth and promotion of Chinese ideology. Whether TikTok should be regulated or removed is still uncertain to me. However, if we are addressing negative social media influences, Congress should consider Fox News, which has had a more detrimental impact on our nation than TikTok for its misinformation and lies.
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In World War II, young American soldiers, some as young as 18, could brush off Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose propaganda in a foxhole or ship preparing for battle. Today we have a generation of younger people who are judged not to have the same discernment to understand when they are being scammed or mislead while reading, watching or listening to certain social media from their living room couches.
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I am not excluding my baby boomer generation from criticism about being easily manipulated and fooled by misinformation and propaganda.
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I’m happy to see that there can be discussions about the amount of realtors’ commissions starting in July. I think commissions should be negotiable. I think that the realtor who sold my house did deserve a 6% commission. She worked very hard for us and put in a lot of time and effort. If she did not work hard, we very likely would not have sold our home or moved. My concern is that someone like her, with an excellent work ethic, may not be able to survive financially under the new guidelines agreed by the realtor industry.
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