Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it
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ByteDance has up to a year to sell TikTok and avoid a ban.

Free speech in AmeriKKKa is looking good! Americans should only rely on true, red-blooded, patriotic, and megacorporations like Microsoft and Google with their data!

Another bill that was added on was an Israel aid bill that sends Israel and the IDF a further 26.3 billion dollars.

  • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    7 months ago

    There is already an organized push in Congress to ban WeChat that is backed by Facebook as WeChat is in direct competition with WhatsApp, Messenger, and to a lesser extent Instagram and Facebook.

    It’s called the “ANTI-SOCIAL CCP” Act and is set to be decided on later in the summer. Much how the Tiktok ban bill was announced then decided a few months later.

    “Aimed to protect Americans by blocking and prohibiting all transactions and communications from any social media company in, or under the influence of, China, Russia, and several other foreign countries of concern unless they fully divest of dangerous foreign ownership.”

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2023/02/10/anti-social-ccp-act-would-ban-tiktok-in-the-united-states/?sh=3f5495ea5b6d