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   Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2024 19:47:32 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

   TikTok Is Evil, But Banning TikTok Is A Greater Evil via @darnell@darnell.day https://darnell.day/tiktok-is-evil-but-banning-tiktok-is-a-greater-evil?pk_campaign=rss-feed

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2024 22:41:19 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     • Scott Bronson

     @sb @darnell@darnell.day China 🇨🇳 has already stated they will prohibit TikTok from being sold to an American company. So, in effect, there would be a ban.

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     Scott Bronson (sb@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2024 22:41:20 JST Scott Bronson

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     @darnell@one.darnell.one @darnell@darnell.day is it a ban? From what I read, it gives Bytedance 9 months to sell Tik Tok. Seems like a reasonably measured response to evil, no?

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2024 23:03:56 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     • Scott Bronson

     @sb @darnell@darnell.day The United States 🇺🇸 forcing the ban due to the bill becoming law. That is obvious.

     Also, American 🇺🇸 liberties are not based on China’s 🇨🇳 oppressive regime, but on the ideals written in the United States 🇺🇸 constitution 📜.

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     Scott Bronson (sb@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2024 23:04:37 JST Scott Bronson

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     @darnell gotcha, thanks. So the country that bans all meaningful US-based social networks is refusing to allow Tik Tok to be sold? That sounds to me like it’s China forcing the ban, not the US.

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2024 23:41:35 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     • Scott Bronson

     @sb They only do that for real national security reasons (military, tech hardware, food, energy, aviation, etcetera).

     It’s ridiculous that they are doing this for a social network.

     Some of my House representatives thankfully voted against the bill. Now I am going to contact my Senators to see if they will strip out the TikTok ban in the House bill (they may support that idea).

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     Scott Bronson (sb@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2024 23:41:36 JST Scott Bronson

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     @darnell The bill becoming law only says that China must divest Tik Tok in 9 months. That sounds pretty reasonable, doesn’t it? Governments require foreign entities to divest their problematic holdings all the time.