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House passes bill that could ban TikTok despite resistance from Trump
CNN ^ | Wed March 13, 2024 | Clare Foran, Brian Fung and Haley Talbot

Posted on 03/13/2024 7:51:28 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The House voted on Wednesday to pass a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok, a major challenge to one of the world’s most popular social media apps.

The bill would prohibit TikTok from US app stores unless the social media platform — used by roughly 170 million Americans — is spun off from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. It’s not yet clear what the future of the bill will be in the Senate.

Lawmakers supportive of the bill have argued TikTok poses a national security threat because the Chinese government could use its intelligence laws against ByteDance, forcing it to hand over the data of US app users.

The push to pass the bill came up against headwinds from several different political directions: former President Donald Trump, who was once a proponent of banning the platform, has since equivocated on his position, while Democrats are facing pressure from young progressives among whom TikTok remains a preferred social media platform. TikTok creators and Beijing have responded angrily to the upcoming vote, with China’s foreign ministry calling it an “act of bullying.”

TikTok has called the legislation an attack on the constitutional right to freedom of expression for its users. It launched a call-to-action campaign within the app, urging users to call representatives in Washington to oppose the bill. Multiple congressional offices have said they’ve been flooded with calls.

The bill would give ByteDance roughly five months to sell TikTok. If not divested by that time, it would be illegal for app store operators such as Apple and Google to make it available for download.

The measure advanced unanimously out of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, and President Joe Biden has said he would sign the bill if it makes it to his desk.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; house; socialmedia; tiktok
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1 posted on 03/13/2024 7:51:28 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

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.


2 posted on 03/13/2024 8:03:55 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar

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


3 posted on 03/13/2024 8:11:21 AM PDT by CTyank
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To: CTyank

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


4 posted on 03/13/2024 8:26:01 AM PDT by kabar
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To: MinorityRepublican

Good.


5 posted on 03/13/2024 8:31:21 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: CTyank

Once you allow fascism in, it bites everyone.


6 posted on 03/13/2024 8:46:21 AM PDT by gitmo (If your biography doesn't match your theology, what good is it?)
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To: CTyank

“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.


7 posted on 03/13/2024 8:59:55 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: kabar

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.


8 posted on 03/13/2024 9:03:13 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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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


9 posted on 03/13/2024 9:20:33 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Openurmind
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.

10 posted on 03/13/2024 9:36:14 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Remember, the Republicans passed the bill.”

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


11 posted on 03/13/2024 9:40:10 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: 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”

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


12 posted on 03/13/2024 9:41:49 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

Nancy Mace appears to be a MAGA convert.


13 posted on 03/13/2024 9:46:49 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

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


14 posted on 03/13/2024 9:49:55 AM PDT by Gideon7
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To: 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.


Part (B) sucks


15 posted on 03/13/2024 9:57:33 AM PDT by Gideon7
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To: MinorityRepublican

Good catch, I didn’t notice that...


16 posted on 03/13/2024 10:06:16 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Gideon7

“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?


17 posted on 03/13/2024 10:11:07 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

Surprised me.


18 posted on 03/13/2024 10:19:11 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

It includes domain hosting too.


19 posted on 03/13/2024 10:23:15 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

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.


20 posted on 03/13/2024 12:27:18 PM PDT by kabar
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