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How 2023 became the year Congress forgot to ban TikTok
The Guardian ^ | Kari Paul

Posted on 01/01/2024 9:14:51 PM PST by NoLibZone

Momentum seemed to be on their side of US lawmakers this year to stop 150 million Americans from using TikTok. What happened?

Banning TikTok in the US seemed almost inevitable at the start of 2023. The previous year saw a trickle of legislative actions against the short-form video app, after dozens of individual states barred TikTok from government devices in late 2022 over security concerns. At the top of the new year, the US House followed suit, and four universities blocked TikTok from campus wifi.

The move would effectively require TikTok and WeChat to shut down in the US or find new owners within 45 days. Trump claims the apps are a security concern because they are based in China and thus prone to data requests from the Chinese government. Microsoft is already reportedly in talks to purchase TikTok for billions.

But questions remain about what that ban would look like, and how its effects will play out. Here are the key concerns:

What exactly did Trump’s order say? Trump’s executive order stated that apps from China “threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States” and that after 45 days the US will prohibit “any transaction by any person” with ByteDance Ltd, the parent company of TikTok.

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TOPICS: China; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: ccpspyware; chat; forgot; forgotlol; redchina; tiktok
In order to enjoy the protections offered by the Constitution they must offer them.

TikTok doesn't offer free speech.

1 posted on 01/01/2024 9:14:51 PM PST by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone
TikTok doesn't offer free speech.

Do you live in some alternate universe? Censorship and bans are much more common on Facebook and YouTube than TikTok. It's why TikTok is so popular in the US these days. It allows free speech and expression.

2 posted on 01/01/2024 9:27:04 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: NoLibZone

The Repubs are big cowards . That is why. Why are we still funding NPR/PBS after all these years. They are not even trying to hide their bias anymore.


3 posted on 01/01/2024 10:03:20 PM PST by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: NoLibZone

Trump could have but did he?


4 posted on 01/01/2024 10:45:09 PM PST by Captainpaintball (America needs a Conservative DICTATOR if it hopes to survive. )
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To: NoLibZone

My ultra leftist socialist sister-in-law uses tic-toc, she married an Aussie and lived there for over 20 years. Leftist Feminist. We don’t get along much and I kept my mouth shut about the app.


5 posted on 01/02/2024 3:04:55 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: NoLibZone
Could they have threatened to out some politicians with what they follow/watch on TikTok?
6 posted on 01/02/2024 3:16:47 AM PST by fluorescence
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To: NoLibZone

“The Guardian” is “The Warmongers Gazette”.

Montana passed a TikTok ban that is now in court.

That’s why the Chinese “spy balloon” incident was staged there by “Deep State” IMHO.


7 posted on 01/02/2024 3:17:22 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Facebook needs to ban those disgusting porno pictures that scroll across top reels.


8 posted on 01/02/2024 4:40:36 AM PST by FES0844
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