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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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