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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by bastardoperator on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:57AM (#42740255)
The government doesn't care about addictive anything, this is about control and access. If they cared about life or citizens in general they would fix healthcare and maybe introduce any kind of gun control. This is the same government that was slanging cocaine in the 1980's...
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by wry_discontent on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:00PM (#42740312)
Multiple reps publicly said TikTok needed to be banned because they couldn't control the narrative around Gaza as easily. TikTok is the only platform I regularly see content about Gaza fed from the algorithm.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by bastardoperator on Friday January 17, 2025 @01:24PM (#42741599)
You mean people are waking up to these atrocities and are displeased? Sounds like freedom of press to me...
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by unethical_ban on Friday January 17, 2025 @01:58PM (#42741961)
I'd be interested in a source for that.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by nashashmi on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:19PM (#42742845)
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/chairman-mcca...

"enormous threat to U.S. national security and young Americans’ mental health ... capable of mobilizing the platform’s users to a range of dangerous, destabilizing actions. The Senate must pass this bill and send it to the president’s desk immediately.”

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by westernmostcoy on Friday January 17, 2025 @02:46PM (#42742465)
https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/05/06/senato...
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by eleveriven on Saturday January 18, 2025 @05:23AM (#42747298)
When I come to such conclusions about governments, I feel sad.
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