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A HERETIC I AM

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34. The operative word is "gave"
Sun Jan 19, 2025, 07:46 PM
Jan 2025

Because they got nothing else except what I mentioned. Also it was crammed into an appropriations bill that the President was in favor of, and since he doesn't have a line item veto, it was passed. It's a stupid ban that only serves the people that don't want Americans talking to each other with no supervision.

A couple of points;
TikTok is not publicly traded, just like Twitter/"X" is now so it doesn't have to be as public as Meta or Google does, .

The CEO of TikTok is Singaporean, NOT Chinese.

The data of the American TikTok users is held on servers based in this country, not China.

The company is majority owned by American private capital and 20% by its employees.

The whole idea that the app is somehow a direct pipeline to and from the Chinese Communist Party is utter horseshit. Not to mention there is plenty of right wing users who put up content favorable of Trumpy and the political right in this country.

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It's a ruse. CousinIT Jan 2025 #1
The shitbag never do anything that he can't profit from. Dave Bowman Jan 2025 #2
They shut it down so trmp could open it & be a 'hero'. Biden said he wasn't going to enforce it. spanone Jan 2025 #29
I don't see how. Doesn't TT have to prove that there is a legitimate buyer lined up? OrlandoDem2 Jan 2025 #3
You are talking about TSF following the law edhopper Jan 2025 #4
Oops...wrong place. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2025 #25
Our National Security is of no concern to him. Think. Again. Jan 2025 #5
The national security line is just nonsense. Total bullshit. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2025 #26
Perhaps, but the reason a bipartisan Congress gave to ban tiktok .... Think. Again. Jan 2025 #33
The operative word is "gave" A HERETIC I AM Jan 2025 #34
Wasn't he the one who wanted it banned? Dem4life1234 Jan 2025 #6
Yes. dalton99a Jan 2025 #8
Thank you Dem4life1234 Jan 2025 #9
You HAVE to make this an OP! Please? Scrivener7 Jan 2025 #11
Tiktok's position, actions and statements ForgedCrank Jan 2025 #7
Please, friends! Bookmark this thread and, whenever you see someone saying the felon saved tiktok, Scrivener7 Jan 2025 #10
Thank you! Dem4life1234 Jan 2025 #14
The 🍊💩🤡's Lokee11 Jan 2025 #21
Well Dem4life1234 Jan 2025 #22
It's a shocking, shocking thing. Igel Jan 2025 #17
Completely wrong Wiz Imp Jan 2025 #31
Who instituted the ban? Biden said he wouldn't. spanone Jan 2025 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author spanone Jan 2025 #13
I don't think that helps Arazi Jan 2025 #15
Good! Do not give Trump a win!! OrlandoDem2 Jan 2025 #16
Biden "said" is very different than Biden signing an "EO" LeftInTX Jan 2025 #19
How could we live without NameAlreadyTaken Jan 2025 #18
He has a sycophant lined up to get it Blue Full Moon Jan 2025 #20
I'm not sure what your link to a 4+ year old article has to do with your comment. Wiz Imp Jan 2025 #32
He's issuing over 100 Tickle Jan 2025 #23
He'll be grinding out exec. orders like sausages. Easier to do than working with other allegorical oracle Jan 2025 #24
Trump signs nothing unless there is personal gain for him. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #27
DUers, do you think if we could find a way for him to profit, he'd ban military weapons for civilians? Deuxcents Jan 2025 #28
Incorrect. Wiz Imp Jan 2025 #30
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