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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by taway999111 on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:46AM (#42738889)
>> What is the point of these "rules and regulations" and "the nation's highest court" when the president could decide just not to enforce them?

What is the point of freedom of speech and freedom of press when we can just shut down any apps not touting the mono-party lines?

people in the us finally found a real public square to talk, and it is being shut down against the spirit of everything the US purports to stand for.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by diggan on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:53AM (#42739026)
> What is the point of freedom of speech and freedom of press when we can just shut down any apps not touting the mono-party lines?

I agree with you, and wouldn't agree with a TikTok ban either if it affected me.

But how does that change anything about what I wrote?

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