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A comment on House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app. Parent comment

Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @11:44AM (#39692795)
> open access to information

Nobody proposed blocking TikTok.com. It’s just limiting its distribution.

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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by aprilthird2021 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @11:50AM (#39692930)
So, all 160 million US TikTok users install a PWA of TikTok and everything is fine then? I highly doubt it
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @11:55AM (#39693029)
> all 160 million US TikTok users install a PWA of TikTok and everything is fine

I’m not saying the bill is performative. The app-store and hosting ban will be effective. The point is nothing will be censored. Distribution will have been curtailed.

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