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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by eptcyka on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:45AM (#42738866)
Good thing Mr Zuckerberg is a shining beacon of independence from the US government.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by tptacek on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:45AM (#42738875)
He's not a formally designated foreign adversary, at least not yet.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by jack_pp on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:56AM (#42739084)
The difference is you can easily prosecute Zuck
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by jeffrapp on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:58AM (#42739137)
Easily? No. Within the bounds of the US Constitution, yes.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by kccoder on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:13PM (#42740558)
Gigabillionaires with immense influence don't get prosecuted.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by coldpie on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:03AM (#42739225)
No. Zuck is very securely within the class of citizens that is immune to prosecution within the US.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by JumpCrisscross on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:17AM (#42739504)
I’m sure he’s bending at the knee right now because he feels very secure and just had a change of heart about everything precisely one month after the election.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by coldpie on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:22AM (#42739606)
Is he bending the knee, or dropping the mask? The billionaire+ class rightly sees this as their big opportunity to seize power for the next several generations, removing worker and consumer protections and enshrining themselves as essential parts of the government.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by kevinmchugh on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:23AM (#42739613)
Why is this true of Zuck but was not true of SBF?
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by coldpie on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:25AM (#42739672)
He was just a dumb get-rich-quick kid, he didn't have any political power. Zuck has spent the past 2 decades gathering money and power.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by kevinmchugh on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:34PM (#42740890)
How did SBF manage to be the #2 Democratic donor in 2022 without accruing any political power?
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by eptcyka on Friday January 17, 2025 @01:29PM (#42741659)
By being a moron.
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