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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by jimmydoe on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @10:45PM (#39700097)
If TikTok is propaganda, they have to register as foreign agent, which they haven’t, so that will make them illegal.

However, I don’t see them being propaganda yet, but technically they can be overnight by download a new model from headquarter (and even without US user data leave US soil). The bill is trying to stop that possibility.

I don’t feel it morally sound to punish someone for sth they haven’t done yet. But what do I know? Reading many here and on Ars, most are actually thinking the two country are at war, so they can do anything to each other

I don’t think we are at war, but if enough people believe that way, does it matter?

Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by aprilthird2021 on Friday March 15, 2024 @12:30AM (#39712085)
Distributing propaganda in the US, even as a foreign country, is allowed by the 1st Amendment. Americans have a right to receive information. This bill is trying to stop something Americans have a right to