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[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

Since it hasn’t been mentioned yet; the real reason TikTok is being banned.

[-] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

Sure. Ignoring that this started in 2020 during Trump's presidency.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

And back then the Republicans were the party screaming about banning TikTok.

Now that israel is involved this became a lot less partisan very quickly.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Yes. This has been ongoing since TikTok acquired musical.ly. The CFIUS didn’t care as much until it became popular. TikTok has tried to comply, so why isn’t the CFIUS and there considerations being heeded?

[-] a_statistician@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

This move against TikTok predates the Hamas attacks and Israel's military action. It's insane that TikTok's ban is because teens are more likely to be pro-palestine.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It does. But there are mechanisms within CFIUS that TikTok was working through. Trump and Congress decided to circumvent CFIUS and go after TikTok, which is their right, but why?

So CFIUS would be a good process that would be short of a ban. You know, they could look at the app. They could decide whether or not there are other things that the company could do. But I think Congress has basically gone and kind of short-circuited that process and said, no, we're not going to have the Committee on Foreign Investment look at this. We're not going to have other processes look at it. We're just going to make a decision as the Congress that this app needs to be sold in a short time, or it will be banned.

And so why is it that we'll still be able to access apps like the clothing company Shein in in the U.S. - that's also Chinese owned - Temu, which sells all sorts of stuff - clothing and housing goods? These apps are also Chinese owned and are on a lot of American phones. source

It’s because of TikTok’s popularity and influence.

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