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Re:TikTok ban bill in US faces changes after ByteDance spent... by woooooo on Thursday July 13, 2023 @01:27PM (#36712849)
> Should the government have no power to regulate media entities?

Yes, you got it. Perfect. We have 200 years of first amendment jurisprudence, there are limited cases where it's acceptable.

Re:TikTok ban bill in US faces changes after ByteDance spent... by alfalfasprout on Thursday July 13, 2023 @01:37PM (#36713001)
There's a VERY big difference between regulating a company's right to operate in the US and the government controlling what content is allowable while they operate. The latter is very strongly protected by over a century of jurisprudence. The former is not.
Re:TikTok ban bill in US faces changes after ByteDance spent... by woooooo on Thursday July 13, 2023 @01:58PM (#36713404)
When you're making the decision entirely based on concerns with their speech, that starts sounding like a technicality to me.