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adarza
lemmy.ca

it was donvict's idea to ban 'em to begin with.

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T00l_shedreply
lemmy.world

Yeah, but didn't he recently meet with the owners of tick tock? I'm sure some money greased his slimy brain

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jeffwreply
lemmy.world

YASS he sure did meet with one of the owners

Jeffrey Yass, it was Jeffrey Yass, some billionaire investor who just so happened to be a big campaign donor

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Skeezix
lemmy.world

Seems to me that the supreme court shouldnt be able to be “urged” to rule the wants of an executive

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some_designer_dudereply
lemmy.world

Have you not been paying attention? They’re just an old and shitty theatre troupe performing the whims of the highest bidder.

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theonlytruescotsmanreply
sh.itjust.works

Given tiktok isnt a Chinese company by any possible definition that doesn't label all Asians as Chinese, no not really.

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catloafreply
lemm.ee

You're telling me that Bytedance Ltd, headquartered in Beijing, founded and partially owned by two Chinese people, is not a Chinese company?

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ovalofsandreply
lemmy.world

It's sad that most people don't know that a plurality isn't the same thing as a majority

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Doomsiderreply
lemmy.world

ACLU is against it due to principals of freedom of speech not that TikTok is some worthwhile company.

Trump is against it because he wants a big bribe for them to continue to operate. He has always been a blackmail king so this is right up his alley.

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WanderingVentrareply
lemm.ee

It's like RFK trying to ban medical commercials. I agree with him under this one circumstance, but for entirely different reasons lol.

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