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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by xyst on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @07:25PM (#40151192)
TikTok isn’t a news organization. It’s an entertainment platform.

I don’t understand the people coming out of the woodworks saying this is suppressing “freedom of the press” or speech.

Set up your own domain, get a VPS, upload your trash to VPS. There ya go, no more “censorship”.

Oh wait , you don’t want to do the work to set this up? Sounds like a personal problem.

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Re:Biden signs TikTok 'ban' bill into law, starting clock fo... by ok123456 on Thursday April 25, 2024 @08:49AM (#40156859)
> TikTok isn’t a news organization. It’s an entertainment platform.

I don't remember the First Amendment distinguishing between free speech that informs and that which entertains.

Most news on television is selected for its entertainment value. Does that give the government more power to regulate it?

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