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AZLD4Candidate

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12. Supreme Court has stated many times free speech is not absolute.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #10)

Fri Mar 15, 2024, 11:50 PM

Mar 2024

Tik Tok is a threat to national security as a foreign propaganda tool owned by an entity that has ties to a foreign government.

CCP doesn't want to do IPOs in the US because they know it would be subject to American regulators with means all books would be opened. Tik Tok is the same.

Free speech can be restricted on foreign entities with ties to foreign governments.

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Biden Backs Bill That Could Ban TikTok: 'If They Pass It, I'll Sign It' [View all] brooklynite Mar 2024 OP

It's all because I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2024 #1

Tik tok is so bot riddled its hard move around.... getagrip_already Mar 2024 #2

WTH? 😳 RubyRose Mar 2024 #13

Tiktok is all shitty assed bots and trolls on some fuck shit. The whole goddamn shitheap sucks. SoFlaBro Mar 2024 #16

How will I follow Good Boy Ollie?????? samnsara Mar 2024 #3

I hope it fails. I would hate to lose TikTok. It's a great site. Autumn Mar 2024 #4

Same...lots of great content creators be it factual or fun PortTack Mar 2024 #9

Biden in wrong on this one. VeryProgressive Mar 2024 #5

Agree - also - not just younger voters womanofthehills Mar 2024 #17

Good. If China doesn't want its soft propaganda tool banned, it needs to stop banning and blocking everything AZLD4Candidate Mar 2024 #6

Much as I agree it is evil propaganda, we have a First Amendment. The ACLU would probably say "Fight bad speech with CTyankee Mar 2024 #10

Supreme Court has stated many times free speech is not absolute. AZLD4Candidate Mar 2024 #12

I understand. I am saying that the ACLU is often the one organization that will scrutinize government regulations. CTyankee Mar 2024 #14

BTW, the bill doesn't ban tik tok. It forces a foreign company with ties to a communist regime that spies on people AZLD4Candidate Mar 2024 #15

Lol kiss that youth vote goodbye WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2024 #7

Xi Jinping and the CCP agree MichMan Mar 2024 #8

Ban the second most popular app. That'll get you re-elected. progressoid Mar 2024 #11

Aheesh, its not a ban... its just cutting the cord to china getagrip_already Mar 2024 #18

Then this concept needs to be marketed to Americans because most of the headlines say "ban" progressoid Mar 2024 #20

I don't want Steve Mnuchin to buy TikTok. ificandream Mar 2024 #19