Posted on 01/20/2025 1:34:03 PM PST by RandFan
"The right to free speech doesn't come with exceptions not for Apps and not for ideas"
"Freedom isn't given. Its taken"
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There are some really good people on TikTok, people who make a lot of their income from the platform.
If TikTok has to divest, every COngressman should have to divest their Meta stock and every pharmaceutical company, Boeing and Apple should have to move manufacturing from China.
For national security ya know.
That’s true they make good money on there from what I hear.
I’ve never used it (maybe to my detriment :P )
If Apps/Websites spying on its users is so bad then they should ban ALL of them from doing it not just TikTok.
Just what info/data is CCP getting from tictoc?
Can’t I just use tictoc and not have to enter private stuff?
Well, maybe CCP gets my voice and image, and AIs it all into some nefarious plot, or fakes access to my financial accounts, (but probably not).
Meanwhile, what does the CCP get that our loving Govt hasn’t already gotten?
I’m do glad seeing support
See my thread the other day I was surprised it was 50/50 considering it sailed through Congress and the Supreme court upheld it
Banning and censoring is very unAmerican thing to do
The credit scoring companies know a lot more about us
Most of Walmart's merchandise comes from COSCO (Chinese Ocean Shipping Company) and its self-checkout lanes capture your image (facial-recognition anyone?) and collate it with your credit card information.
It is arguable that Walmart is spying on US citizens on behalf of China.
If TikTok should be banned, shouldn't Walmart also be banned?
“There are some really good people on TikTok, people who make a lot of their income from the platform.”
No there isn’t! They are all stinking Chinese! Good... Let them all starve to death!!!
That is the common consensus around here...
And my car may be ratting me out, I read.
“If Apps/Websites spying on its users is so bad then they should ban ALL of them from doing it not just TikTok.”
BINGO!!! ABSOLUTELY!!! It is completely out of hand!
Rand is right though . Founders would be livid at this ban
They made it the First Amendment for a reason .,Their pamphlets and writings etc. were important in those days for spreading the word
“That’s true they make good money on there from what I hear.”
Some individuals are making up to 200k a year. Businesses are making millions of extra gross from their ads on TikTok.
The next step for us to do is to contact your local Representative and Senator and tell them that they need to support this bill. And if they're not going to do that, they'll get primaried in 2026.
:)
I have read about TikTok shops and young people doing well
Unfortunately, the people "representing" us in Congress are statists. And yes, that include some FReepers.
Better than youtube, more traffic.
“I’m so glad seeing support
See my thread the other day I was surprised it was 50/50”
Yeah, because they were all busy attacking MinorityRepublican and me... :)
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