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

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Post by powerapple » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 11:39 AM UTC

tayo42 wrote: post #44

I don't care either way. I think it'll be really interesting to see how people react to this though. Do Americans learn how vpns work suddenly, do tiktok users just switch to reels like nothing happened. Do we snap out of our social media trance. It's like playing sim city and causing a little social chaos lol

are they going to have a firewall to block tiktok? I would think the government will just ask Apple and Google to take tiktok from their store, then tiktok can be a web app, and there is no one can stop it.

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

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Post by powerapple » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 11:42 AM UTC

watching from the sideline, I think this move has a lot to do with Palestine. Do you know how much Palestine information on TikTok, comparing to YouTube and Facebook, apparently those contents were suppressed on other platforms, and TikTok is the odd one here. I personally believe, regardless what politicians are saying, this is actually a big reason.

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

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Post by beej71 » Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 3:25 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…

I hear that argument, but I also hear the "the government shouldn't tell you which apps you can or can't install" argument.

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

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Post by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF » Thu, May 02, 2024, 12:23 PM UTC

wannacboatmovie wrote: post #9

01HNNWZ0MV43FF wrote: post #5

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

Do you care to elaborate on this? Because paying $5/gal gasoline and $8 for a carton of eggs is disastrous for me personally.

I'm lgbtq, Republicans want my life to be hard and short