The video sharing app faces being banned in the US unless it severs ties with its China's ByteDance.
      • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
        20·
        6 months ago

        Notably the ban doesn’t kick in until after the election, after which it may not even be Biden’s problem. Maybe ByteDance will shut it down sooner. Maybe the next administration won’t follow through with the ban. 🤷

        • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
          24·
          6 months ago

          It was smart to delay the ban. The original bill would have banned it before the election - monumentally stupid! This, at least, delays the impact.

          People are paying attention, though, and TikTok has been buying ads to campaign against this law. It’s still going to have an impact.

          • livus@kbin.social
            10·
            6 months ago

            And Biden himself has a tiktok account that pumps out content.

            The whole thing is very cynical and weird.

            • Tangentism@lemmy.ml
              81·
              6 months ago

              It’s a piss poor attempt to try control tiktok and ensure they play along. They don’t really want it banned, they just want to control the flow of information and it’s absolutely destroying the illusion of the first amendment!

      • p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world
        711·
        6 months ago

        Well yeah, but saying this was all on democrats isn’t true, either. A democratic signed it, but an entire group of Democrats and Republicans are the reason it exists. Besides, I’m ok with the ban. A lot of people are actually, so technically, yeah it will affect who we vote for haha