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Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing

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Re: Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing

#21

It's crazy to me that TikTok is still operating. A law was passed, the supreme court even weighed in, and a EO cannot undo that. The president has an obligation to faithfully execute the law.

Of course an EO can undo it. The law gives the President the authority to grant a possible 90-day extension.

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#22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He has twich.tv

Eh, I feel like twitch.tv is different enough. I agree with your observation, tho. I feel like twitch is more about e-celeb fan access. I dont think Destiny 'feed nathan' Dusty fans are doing a lot of peer to peer socialization. (Then again, maybe Im wrong).

That's a good point. It would be like calling a music concert a social club. Some socializing occurs, but you're all there to watch someone entertain you.

Re: Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing

#24
Depressing but inevitable. TikTok is too big for anyone other than a giant to buy it. But it does make me wonder about Bezos’s recent Trump-admin friendly moves, particularly with the Washington Post. An attempt to curry favor for this purchase? Entirely possible.

Re: Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing

#26

It's crazy to me that TikTok is still operating. A law was passed, the supreme court even weighed in, and a EO cannot undo that. The president has an obligation to faithfully execute the law.

> The president has an obligation to faithfully execute the law.

The president can instruct (or basically ask) DOJ to delay enforcement, similar to how they can instruct federal agencies to prioritize certain types of crime, but it can't override a law. The EO gave a 75 days temporary delay which is ending soon as the article says

Re: Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing

#27

It's crazy to me that TikTok is still operating. A law was passed, the supreme court even weighed in, and a EO cannot undo that. The president has an obligation to faithfully execute the law.

Is that really what’s crazy to you?

The law was crazy. The litigations based on it were crazy. The final manifestation of it all in pop culture is 100% crazy.

Re: Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing

#29

It's crazy to me that TikTok is still operating. A law was passed, the supreme court even weighed in, and a EO cannot undo that. The president has an obligation to faithfully execute the law.

> It's crazy to me that TikTok is still operating

Not at all, I don't think our elderly political leadership really had a grasp on how massive Tiktok is with GenZ and younger Americans.

It would be, to the elderly, like the government unilaterally banning AM radio.

There are certainly issues with Tiktok, but it was complete out-of-touch hubris to decide to censor the dominant media platform in the US for people under 40 overnight.

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