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What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet (www.nytimes.com)

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Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.

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[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

If manipulating content were the issue they would have introduced a bill banning that practice. Banning a few specific countries from operating does not prevent sites from manipulating content.

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