Notices by Chris Geoghooligan (vtdarksim@toot.community)

The #DuchessofWestEnd watching the news today.
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Apparently a #TikTok ban is being fast-tracked through a #USpol #HouseCommittee. I sent my rep @RepDonBeyer a note this morning:

“Please vote no on the upcoming bill working its way through the House Energy & Commerce Committee that would effectively ban TikTok. Aside from this being a potential self-inflicted political wound as 150M+ Americans use the app and would not take kindly to it being taken away, it does not address the real issue of consumer privacy rights.

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“If the argument is that the CCP can access Americans’ data through the app, it should be noted that the vast majority of this data is available for sale to them anyway from unscrupulous data purveyors like Facebook/Instagram/Meta, Twitter/X, Google/Alphabet, etc. Closing this door will do little to stop the CCP from accessing user data readily available in the digital marketplace, and will only serve to alienate your constituents.

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