Its not helping Biden not being able to censor information on his part genocide. None of them gave a fuck about tiktok until they told em to take down pro Palestinian content and got told “lulnope”
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altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Al the problems in America and this is what the federal government decides to focus on
Facebones@reddthat.com 2 months ago
charonn0@startrek.website 2 months ago
Tiktok has been a subject of national security concerns since at least 2020.
Facebones@reddthat.com 2 months ago
With absolutely zero tangible evidence, which is why it was a complete non-starter until Biden lost control of the narrative.
charonn0@startrek.website 2 months ago
Well, no. The courts struck down Trump’s Tiktok ban because he used an executive order and overstepped his authority.
JillyB@beehaw.org 2 months ago
This was part of an overall package including aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Is that supposed to make it better?
JillyB@beehaw.org 2 months ago
You claimed that the government was focusing on this one issue when really it was a small part of a much larger legislation. Whether it’s good or bad is a separate judgement.