House passes bill that could ban TikTok despite resistance from Trump

CNN ^ | Wed March 13, 2024 | Clare Foran, Brian Fung and Haley Talbot

[kabar]

According to Raheem Kassam, the bill is exactly what Trump proposed. It is not about banning Tik Tok. He recommends reading the 12 page bill.

[CTyank]

If they can go after TikTok, they can go after Rumble, FR and others.

[kabar]

Rumble and FR are not owned by hostile foreign governments. Have you read the text of the bill?

https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20240311/HR%207521%20Updated.pdf

[Stravinsky]

Good.

[gitmo]

Once you allow fascism in, it bites everyone.

[Openurmind]

“If they can go after TikTok, they can go after Rumble, FR and others.”

Gab, Truth Social, Christian sites...

This is a huge door for overreach that should have never been opened. It is a Trojan Horse.

[Openurmind]

Are daft enough to actually believe they will not expand these powers to any site they feel threatens their control of us subjects?

Watch... The Patriot act was meant to protect us not be used to enslave us, this will be the exact same.

[MinorityRepublican]

Here are the 15 Republicans who voted against the bill:

Andy Biggs of Arizona

Dan Bishop of North Carolina

Warren Davidson of Ohio

John Duarte of California

Matt Gaetz of Florida

Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia

Clay Higgins of Louisiana

Nancy Mace of South Carolina

Thomas Massie of Kentucky

Tom McClintock of California

Alex Mooney of West Virginia

Barry Moore of Alabama

Scott Perry of Pennsylvania

David Schweikert of Arizona

Greg Steube of Florida

[MinorityRepublican]

Watch... The Patriot act was meant to protect us not be used to enslave us, this will be the exact same.

Remember, the Republicans passed the bill.

[Openurmind]

“Remember, the Republicans passed the bill.”

They are just as fast to make this country communist as the Democrats.

[Openurmind]

“Here are the 15 Republicans who voted against the bill:

Andy Biggs of Arizona

Dan Bishop of North Carolina

Warren Davidson of Ohio

John Duarte of California

Matt Gaetz of Florida

Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia

Clay Higgins of Louisiana

Nancy Mace of South Carolina

Thomas Massie of Kentucky

Tom McClintock of California

Alex Mooney of West Virginia

Barry Moore of Alabama

Scott Perry of Pennsylvania

David Schweikert of Arizona

Greg Steube of Florida”

The only 15 with at least two brain cells to rub together.

[MinorityRepublican]

Nancy Mace appears to be a MAGA convert.

[Gideon7]

The bill is pretty specific in that it only covers a “foreign a adversary country” and specifically ByteDance (TikTok), and only requires disvestment.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521/text/ih

[Gideon7]

Whoops, I’m wrong. They snuck in some weasel words to ban anybody:

(A) any of—

(i) ByteDance, Ltd.;

(ii) TikTok;

(iii) a subsidiary of or a successor to an entity identified in clause (i) or (ii) that is controlled by a foreign adversary; or

(iv) an entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by an entity identified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii); or

(B) a covered company that—

(i) is controlled by a foreign adversary; and

(ii) that is determined by the President to present a significant threat to the national security of the United States following the issuance of—

(I) a public notice proposing such determination; and

(II) a public report to Congress, submitted not less than 30 days before such determination, describing the specific national security concern involved and containing a classified annex and a description of what assets would need to be divested to execute a qualified divestiture.

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Part (B) sucks

[Openurmind]

Good catch, I didn’t notice that...

[Openurmind]

“that is determined by the President to present a significant threat to the national security of the United States following the issuance of—”

This makes Biden the dictator of the US internet. I’m sure he will not abuse it...

Anyone who supported this is a complete idiot. Chistians, Conservatives, and anything “white” are now all on the chopping block if they do not adhere to Bi8den’s wishes.

But anything for the children right?

[MinorityRepublican]

Surprised me.

[Openurmind]

It includes domain hosting too.

[kabar]

We will see how powerful the CCP’s lobby is in the US when the bill hits the Senate. Tim Tok is an instrument of the CCP. They have used “elite capture” to compromise most of our political and corporate elites. Biden is one of them.

Tim Tok is not being banned. Read the bill.