Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to President Biden's desk

Post by greenavocado » Wed, Apr 24, 2024, 5:17 AM UTC

klyrs wrote: post #14

ddp26 wrote: post #10

FYI, I used a tool I develop [1] to look into this, and came to the following conclusions: - Biden will sign the bill (>95%) - The Commerce Secretary will start the 12 month clock (>95%) - TikTok will challenge the ruling (>95%), which may delay the clock starting to delist or divest, but they are unlikely to win (20%) - And if they lose, they will succeed in selling to a US company (75%) - The sale will be for $30-5…

I'll agree that Walmart seems an unlikely candidate.

Post by zeroonetwothree » Wed, Apr 24, 2024, 5:19 AM UTC

01HNNWZ0MV43FF wrote: post #5

Veto it on the grounds that it would cost Biden the election and that would be disastrous for me personally

Post by ARandomerDude » Wed, Apr 24, 2024, 5:20 AM UTC

labrador wrote: post #4

> “In the context of social media platforms used by nearly half of Americans, it’s not hard to imagine how a platform that facilitates so much commerce, political discourse, and social debate could be covertly manipulated to serve the goals of an authoritarian regime, one with a long track record of censorship, transnational repression, and promotion of disinformation.” Mark Warner (D-VA), Senate Intelligence Committ…

Post by throwaway290 » Wed, Apr 24, 2024, 5:21 AM UTC

lmm wrote: post #18

ncr100 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

* An ENEMY STATE has controlling influence of a widely used social network in the USA. People's minds are influenced by it .. "You are what you eat" holds for what you read/watch and consequently think * This legislation won't lose Biden the election, banning abortion by an insurrectionist will win it * We are in a country that needs people to work together to be a successful country - we are big and highly populated…

> An ENEMY STATE has controlling influence of a widely used social network in the USA. People's minds are influenced by it .. "You are what you eat" holds for what you read/watch and consequently think How are you defining an enemy, and why does it matter whether they're a state or not? There are several domestic entities (governmental and non) that I would consider much bigger threats to me and the people I care abo…

Post by huytersd » Wed, Apr 24, 2024, 5:22 AM UTC

zeroonetwothree wrote: post #23

01HNNWZ0MV43FF wrote: post #5

Veto it on the grounds that it would cost Biden the election and that would be disastrous for me personally

Biden seems to be pretty much doomed in the election anyway. Of course he might pull out an upset but it’s hard to pin it on this being the cause of his loss