US Senate approves potential TikTok ban

The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America.

It gives TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, six months to sell its stake or the app will be blocked in the United States.

The bill will now be handed over to US President, Joe Biden, who has vowed to sign it into law as soon as it reaches his desk.

If that happens, ByteDance will have to seek approval from Chinese officials to complete a forced sale, which Beijing has vowed to oppose.

The measure was passed as part of a package of four bills which also included military aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and other US partners in the Indo- Pacific.

It got widespread support from lawmakers with 79 Senators voting for it and 18 voting against it.

laziestflagellant,

Do you think the dems would cry election interference in the hypothetical scenario that Bytedance went ‘okay bye’ and closed TikTok in the US before the 6-12 months was up

Adkml,

Yes

Also if they do wait

Also if they just sell it

They’re going to blame China for bidens loss no matter what happens to tic tok.

Assian_Candor,
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China should do the same thing for every American fast food location in China

marxisthayaca,

Every accusation a confession: all of the things they say China can do, the US Government has a track record of doing. It just says to me that ByteDance and Tik Tok have just been more difficult to wrangle.

StalinStan,

So we are just switching to doyin yeah?

Greenleaf,
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Any app that the US government can’t control will be treated this way. That means any app developed outside of the US or its vassals that gets popular enough among Americans. It’s how the US implements its own soft “Great Firewall”.

CloutAtlas,

Can’t ByteDance just do what other companies do, declare that it’s technically based in the Canary Islands and is therefore not Chinese?

ClimateChangeAnxiety,
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Their current setup should already do exactly that. Tiktok is based in Singapore, not China.

CthulhusIntern,

If you listen hard, you can hear VPN providers’ eyes turn into dollar signs.

Quaxamilliom,
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zionists dont have full control of TikTok like they do Meta and Twitter apps, and that just won’t stand.

blobjim,

The bill will now be handed over to US President, Joe Biden, who has said he will sign it into law as soon as it reaches his desk.

If that happens, ByteDance will have to seek approval from Chinese officials to complete a forced sale, which Beijing has vowed to oppose. Analysts say the process could take years.

If any of this is true, this rocks. We’re going to see the US government censor an entire app used by millions of Americans xicko

happybadger,
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Right as university campuses around the country are filling with mass demonstrations facing extreme state repression. During what will probably be the hottest year in human history. As all the utility companies face severe supply crunches and the economy is melting down. During 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈.

I could see it prompting a Certified 1968 Moment if/when things get worse this year. I don’t know how it would compare to the BLM protests of 2020 but this decision was bad.

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