• davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        Notably the ban doesn’t kick in until after the election, after which it may not even be Biden’s problem. Maybe ByteDance will shut it down sooner. Maybe the next administration won’t follow through with the ban. 🤷

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          It was smart to delay the ban. The original bill would have banned it before the election - monumentally stupid! This, at least, delays the impact.

          People are paying attention, though, and TikTok has been buying ads to campaign against this law. It’s still going to have an impact.

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            And Biden himself has a tiktok account that pumps out content.

            The whole thing is very cynical and weird.

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              It’s a piss poor attempt to try control tiktok and ensure they play along. They don’t really want it banned, they just want to control the flow of information and it’s absolutely destroying the illusion of the first amendment!

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        Well yeah, but saying this was all on democrats isn’t true, either. A democratic signed it, but an entire group of Democrats and Republicans are the reason it exists. Besides, I’m ok with the ban. A lot of people are actually, so technically, yeah it will affect who we vote for haha

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          Maybe in your circles people are okay with banning a social media company due to perceived ‘spying’, but in reality we know why the blues/reds want to ban it.

          People in my circles are fighting and helping share why these bans are bad for our society and free speech in general.

          I hope that helps you see a different view from what you are used to!