House passes bill that could lead to a TikTok ban; fight shifts to the Senate
House passes bill that could lead to a TikTok ban; fight shifts to the Senate
The House approved a bill that calls for China tech giant ByteDance to divest TikTok or the popular social video app will effectively be banned in the U.S.
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Everyone keeps saying “Tik Toc ban,” but this is more of a ByteDance ban. If they want to sell off or spin off the business for markets outside of China, they could 100% do that.
The product itself is not the problem.
the product itself is not the problem
well hold on there partner, lets not get crazy with our sweeping claims here.
What could possibly be wrong about an incredibly engaging experience, that makes me lose track of time, and constantly keeps trying to sneak Joe Rogan content into my day?
Furthermore, why be sneaky? Spam it loud, spam it proud!
China literally does the same shit. You can open up production for sales in China but it has to be majority domestically owned.
Not saying that I agree with it but it is kind of funny to see tankies whine about this.
It's also funny to see "free" market worshipping liberals explain how emulating the CCP's policies is essential to protecting our liberty
It's less funny to see the ACLU EFF and Amnesty International get ignored
Most liberals I know are not big fans of the free market...
Free market worshiping liberals.... lol wut?
This.
Everyone on hexbear is too busy echo-chambering “L liberals” to actually see this for what it is.
I’m so grateful for my frontal lobe development, without it I would’ve indulged in those conversations and lost additional brain matter trying to argue
This is actually an expansion of the PATRIOT act, and it gives immense powers to the president over web based platforms.
People really are not reading the law or articles about it at all.
This has nothing to do with TikTok. TikTok is already incredibly controlled by the US and particularly by the CIA: https://www.mintpressnews.com/tiktok-chinese-trojan-horse-run-former-cia/286780/