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Higuy54321 t1_je4cguu wrote

Reply to comment by TrunksTheMighty in US hands China easy PR win with TikTok show by HorrorCharacter5127

Imo it actually may not get banned now, the hearing put a lot of attention on it and people just realized it actually might happen

Since the hearing, left wing democrats have come out against the ban, Fox News came out against the TikTok banning bill, and also people think that the TikTok CEO is hot lmao. It could still happen, but there isn't really a way to ban an app without running into the issues that people have with the bill

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Dlwatkin t1_je4rf0n wrote

the bill is awful and more people need to know this

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roflmaolz t1_je5s7re wrote

It's not getting a lot of attention though. I tried looking up the Restrict bill and barely see anything in the news about it. Most only make fun of the hearing, but no one was addressing the actual bill.

Also, Reddit has been completely barren about the bill as well. Most Redditors are still in favor of the bill because they think it's just about banning Tiktok. Funny enough, Tiktok is the platform where it is most talked about. Not Reddit, not YouTube, not mainstream news, but Tiktok. Really makes you wonder why they want to ban it so badly.

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Lorddon1234 t1_je58d9t wrote

Wait, Fox News is actually against banning Tik Tok???

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Higuy54321 t1_je5qsbo wrote

I think they’re more against the bill? But Tucker did play a clip of AOC being against a TikTok ban in general and basically said she’s right, while also saying that she’s still anti American and promotes war against Russia and that the viewer should hate her

But I don’t see how TikTok can be banned without setting a precedent for banning any foreign tech that has the potential to be a future security threat. And that’s what people against the bill do not want

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