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My Concerns about the TikTok Divestiture Bill as a Software Developer

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Re: My Concerns about the TikTok Divestiture Bill as a Software Developer

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Post by favourable »

> First, this bill isn’t actually aiming to ban TikTok. It really wants to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to someone else who is not controlled by China

Is the US chinaphobic or something? Because they have a good relationship in terms of trade. I'm always reminded of the irony of 'Boycott China' T-Shirts being manufactured in China. As long as the US is the buyer, there's no beef.

Re: My Concerns about the TikTok Divestiture Bill as a Software Developer

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Post by woooooo »

> House House Resolution 7521, dubbed the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” passed the U.S. House Of Representatives on a bipartisan 352-65 vote today.

352-65, that's what our congress thinks of free speech. Who's next after we set the precedent?

Re: My Concerns about the TikTok Divestiture Bill as a Software Developer

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Post by woooooo »

favourable wrote: post #4

> First, this bill isn’t actually aiming to ban TikTok. It really wants to force ByteDance to sell TikTok to someone else who is not controlled by China Is the US chinaphobic or something? Because they have a good relationship in terms of trade. I'm always reminded of the irony of 'Boycott China' T-Shirts being manufactured in China. As long as the US is the buyer, there's no beef.

Lots of people nervous about no longer being number 1, so they manufacture a narrative of conflict which, as you point out, has nothing to do with reality.

Re: My Concerns about the TikTok Divestiture Bill as a Software Developer

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Post by pcarolan »

zer00eyz wrote: post #6

As an American, this bill must die. If we want to compete, then we need to do that. Investment not protection is the path forward. Protectionist ideas dont save any one, they just let shitty or inferior products flourish.

How does this theory hold up when your trade partner doesn’t give you equal access to their markets and has the potential to use this media platform to spread disinformation? I don’t think this is an innovation issue as much as a political one.
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