I AM A RED-BLOODED AMERICAN PATRIOT! I LET MY GOVERNMENT STEAL MY INFORMATION, I LET MY BOSS STEAL MY LABOR, I LET MY FISTS BEAT MY WIFE AND I LET MY MOUTH DRINK MY BEER!It is just me channeling the ghosts of the four chuds who died during the 2021 Capitol Riot
BUT I'LL BE DAMN IF I LET MY KIDS POST SILLY DANCES ON SOME ORIENTAL WEBSITE!
The fact the law doesn't change anything about how the app (or any other app) operates it just forces them to sell it to an American company so we can benefit instead of China should be enough to invalidate the bill.
Instead it's got wide support because China bad.
yet to hear a single "muh capital flight" neolib pipe up about this one
I'm old enough to remember when libs thought that the orange cheeto was sooooo silly for being obsessed with China.
God damn tick tocks teaching kids not to be racist, NOT IN MY HOUSE, my children are just as racist as their old man.
when you turn 18 and i kick you out, you can decide your biases, but until then while you're under my roof you will abide by mine!
Remember when your parents told you not to use your real name on the net? Now you have to upload pics of your ID.
This line from the Verge https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/13/24097125/house-bill-vote-tiktok-ban-china-bytedance-divestment
“The House vote revives some US policymakers’ hopes for a forced divestment of TikTok, due to fears that Chinese law could compel its parent company to hand over information on US users, presenting a national security risk”
Perhaps the issue is the very fact these companies can collect the information.
