I twice made, then deleted, a post about the Tik Tok ban being signed into law. I deleted it the first time because the bill was less bad than I described the first time and deleted it the second time because it was worse than I described the second time. I made myself a promise I wouldn't try to do like real-time Posting About Politics on Mastodon and I'm kinda breaking my rules.
However I'm really, really angry about this bill so I will make a third attempt
@mcc the Tik Tok part was the baby in the bath water. But it can be overcome, undone, as soon as a responsive and educated congress is elected. I’d like to see laws that stopped ALL companies from harvesting our personal data and selling it to 3rd parties or sharing with govts, foreign or domestic. I see the T T ban as a temporary inconvenience that will be overcome by popular demand in the very near future.
@mcc@tsrono I saw an earlier post, and would respectfully suggest you not blame Biden so starkly when you repost. Congress is who just banned TikTok, not Biden. Biden received a bill that combined a TikTok ban with aid to Ukraine and had to choose whether or not to sign it, and he chose to save thousands of lives and preserve the very existence of an ally endangered by fascism. I would say that's the right call.
@mcc@msbellows i’m curious to see how the courts side on this, i’ll say that’s all i know for certain right now. part of me wonders if Congressional/Presidential push on this is expecting the courts to temper the decision ultimately…and the courts may bring some of the behind-the-scenes data to light as to why this is going through at all. anything getting widely bipartisan support right now perks my ears up as to what all is really going on.
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