[Right_Wing_Madman]

This is the Mark Zuckerberg dream bill. It's so much easier to ban the competition than try to create a better service or product.

The Grand Uniparty hates TikTok because they can't control or censor it.

[tired&retired]

There is much more to this story.

Remember how Trump banned TikTok and closed the Houston Chinese Consolate after 30 CCP military were caught using TikTok videos to identify participants, coordinate, and motivate the BLM and ANTIFA riots in many US cities.

[Reno89519]

And ban it they should. Still unbelievable that Trump now defends Chinese Tik-Tok.

[nickcarraway]

Didn’t Trump want to do this when he was president?

[monkeyshine]

Why is Trump opposed to this? He was calling for it when he was POTUS. Seems to me that this is yet another example of Biden being forced to adopt (or reimplement) Trump policies. Biden screwed up Afghanistan, he screwed up Ukraine, he screwed up Gaza, he screwed up the border, and he screwed up on the TikTok issue. Biden walked away from every Trump policy and plan just out of spite. And the results are evident. Trump can use this to gloat. He was right. Biden was wrong and has to back peddle at the last minute in the desperate attempt to salvage his presidency.

[SuperLuminal]

Yes indeed!
Absolutely nothing can stand in the way of the perpetual GOP circle jerk...

Losers lose...

[escapefromboston]

Doesnt TikTok know that only the American government is allowed to spy on Americans ! I’m guessing the site is one of the only popular social media apps that doesn’t give back door access to the fbi/cia to spy on its users.
Are we really worried about China stealing our awesome dance moves ? Or whatever teens post on tik tok

[guinness4strength]

They are wasting tax payer money with this. The high courts will NEVER take away freedom of speech from 170 million American’s with NO EVIDENCE of wrongdoing.

Trump is RIGHT - Facebook was the big offender of fake news, not tiktok.

The anti-tiktok politicians are a bunch of of wimpy wind-bags.

[guinness4strength]

Here's all you need to know from another article by cnn: Does the bill violate the First Amendment? Civil society groups say that even if the bill’s actual text doesn’t directly censor TikTok or its users, it still has the ultimate effect of doing so. “There’s no denying that it would do just that,” said Jenna Leventoff, senior policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union. “We strongly urge legislators to vote no on this unconstitutional bill.” The bill’s primary mechanic — setting up a choice for TikTok that could lead to a ban — is really a sleight of hand that courts will see through instantly, according to First Amendment experts. Ken White, a First Amendment litigator at the law firm Brown White & Osborn, said courts can and do look at whether the functional effect of a law is to stifle speech, not just what the text of the law says. Lawmakers may try to say the bill regulates TikTok’s foreign ownership, not content. But, White said, “’foreign influence’ aren’t magic words that get you out of First Amendment problems. It’s not at all clear that Congress’ fig leaf of an excuse will work.” An important part of First Amendment scrutiny will be whether lawmakers could have achieved their goals through a “less restrictive alternative” to a flat-out ban, said Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Passing a nationwide privacy law regulating how all companies, not just TikTok, handle Americans’ data would lead to the same result without raising First Amendment concerns, he said. Setting that aside, courts have held that Americans have a constitutional right to receive foreign propaganda, even if the US government doesn’t like it. By that precedent, it would be unconstitutional for the government to ban TikTok even if it were blatantly a direct mouthpiece for the Chinese government, Jaffer said. “If you give the government the power to restrict Americans’ access to propaganda,” he said, “then you’ve given the government the power to restrict Americans’ access to anything the government deems to be propaganda.”

[mmichaels1970]

We should do no business with the commie scumbag Chinese, who unleashed biological warfare on us less than five years ago. We should erase all debt, and divest from anything they are involved in.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The Florida legislature tried to do something in which all youngsters under 16 would be banned from having social media accounts, period. Fortunately, DeSantis vetoed it.

I wouldn’t have minded banning that age group from social media apps created by our enemies, such as Red China. Who knows how those actors are trying to manipulate our kids. But banning them from ALL social media? Leave that one up to the parents.

[DouglasKC]

This is leading up to banning x (twitter). Now that Musk has become politically active he’s a target and x is on their radar.

[Chgogal]

American TikToc suckers , I mean users vs. Chinese TikToc users:

https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/24/23467181/difference-between-tik-tok-in-china-and-the-us/

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2023/03/24/douyin-tiktok-comparison-wang-pkg-pt-intl-vpx.cnn

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/joe-rogan-explains-why-tiktok-in-china-is-better-than-the-us-1741211/

[Chgogal]

Weaponized Ap.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/tech/tiktok-data-china/index.html

[Vaduz]

TikTok needs to be eliminated it serves no useful purpose for America only China is a winner.

And the highest bidder will allow them to stay around.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[joe fonebone]

typical bush league chamber of commerce worshiping republiCAN’T move...
Border out of control...
Debt out of control...
What should we do????
I know, BAN TIC TOC!!!!
That will solve all the problems...
The stupid is strong

[Salman]

Unenforceable without also making VPNs illegal. Which would hurt banks, so it won't happen.

So yet another unenforceable regulation.

[Rappini]

I’m thinking DJT wants to keep Tik Tok around at least until after the National Election.

[Fury]

This seems like the right approach .

PRC is too tied up with ByteDance.

Additionally, is American user data kept in servers in US? Or in PRC?

[Hot Tabasco]

Republicans plan vote on TikTok ‘ban,’ defying Trump

There's hardly a news article out there today that doesn't use the name Trump in order to get readers......