Minds Founder Bill Ottman on "Sneaky" TikTok Ban

We have to but not , not that we're even going to get the real information from there . But um but then there's also the national security aspect of it . It's like , you know , you have to have some things redacted because you know , of China and Russia , like you can just say that and then , yeah , that is the phrase that gets used .

Minds Founder Bill Ottman on "Sneaky" TikTok Ban

The Joe Rogan experience , the US government produces more classified information than non classified information . So even if like there's an audit , they could redact everything .

Minds Founder Bill Ottman on "Sneaky" TikTok Ban

If it wasn't for social media and people sharing this and becoming outraged and people discussing this , it would have slipped right through . Like the Patriot Act , did the Patriot Act existed in a time where there wasn't social media and people weren't really aware of what they were pushing through until it was too late . Yeah , I think there's much better solutions .

Minds Founder Bill Ottman on "Sneaky" TikTok Ban

We're a hybrid . So we run a centralized infrastructure but we interface through delegation , delegated cryptographic events signing . We , we that's happening in the background but like our app feels like a normal social media .

Minds Founder Bill Ottman on "Sneaky" TikTok Ban

But um but then there's also the national security aspect of it . It's like , you know , you have to have some things redacted because you know , of China and Russia , like you can just say that and then , yeah , that is the phrase that gets used . So because they have a full like clampdown on their population .