Re:TikTok goes dark in the US
by JumpCrisscross on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:43PM
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> You're a biased party because you've canvased for the bill
Eh, I canvassed for privacy bills and that was a total disaster. I believe in the TikTok ban, but I’m not passionate about it.
> then Rep Ro Khanna wouldn't still be posting about TikTok
If I were advising Ro I would absolutely insist he tweet about it. Particularly off cycle. Anyone in Silicon Valley or a district with rich libertarians, for that matter.
Re:TikTok goes dark in the US
by Karrot_Kream on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:52PM
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Ro Khanna doesn't represent the majority of rich libertarian types who would be in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, and Saratoga. The rest of Silicon Valley tends to be suburban, upper class tech workers with large immigrant populations who are only moderately likely to have libertarian views.
Re:TikTok goes dark in the US
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday January 19, 2025 @03:38PM
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> rest of Silicon Valley tends to be suburban, upper class tech workers with large immigrant populations who are only moderately likely to have libertarian views
And very likely to not be paying attention to him right now to the degree they’ll remember anything come election. Not for tangential issues. Donors, on the other hand, can give now.
If it were this simple then Rep Ro Khanna wouldn't still be posting about TikTok. As far as what happens, as with everything else, we'll see. There's a million variables and Hacker ``Social Media was tantamount to the Fall of Man'' News is not the place I'm expecting particularly fruitful, unbiased analysis.