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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by mjparrott on Friday January 17, 2025 @05:25PM (#42743922)
It is mind blowing to me that this fact is not widely understood. A mountain was made out of a molehill. $4B was spent in 2016. $12B in 2024. Yet $100,000 somehow is believed to have made any difference whatsoever. Literally 0.0025% of the total in 2016.

*Source: https://www.emarketer.com/content/political-ad-spend-nearly-...

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by seizethecheese on Friday January 17, 2025 @05:54PM (#42744116)
This is, of course, because both USA political parties run their own propaganda machines
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by lossolo on Friday January 17, 2025 @06:51PM (#42744471)
Because it's a good scapegoat, why take responsibility for losing an election when you can easily shift the blame to someone else?
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