WeUnite@lemm.ee to People TwitterEnglish · 1 day agoTwitter disinformation is getting substantially more dangerouslemm.eeimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1695arrow-down115file-text
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minus-squarezarkanianlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·14 hours agoTikTok hasn’t been banned. I live in the USA, and I can go on TikTok right now.
minus-squareOni_eyeslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·14 hours agoDid I say it has been banned? No, I said that it is being banned, meaning still in the process. That is unless the owning entity sells it to another company that doesn’t have significant foreign government controls. Read critically. https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2024/12/17/the-tiktok-ban-countdown-whats-next-for-creators-and-businesses/ It’s almost like it’s been a news story for the last year or so…
minus-squarezarkanianlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·12 hours agoYes, and I asked for an example of a website that has been banned. Past tense.
minus-squareOni_eyeslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-211 hours agoThe law has already been passed to ban it. It takes effect in 2025. So while it is still accessible, it has in effect already been banned. I guess since it has to already have been banned, then I could just trot out Napster, pirate Bay, Wikileaks, and Megaupload…
TikTok hasn’t been banned. I live in the USA, and I can go on TikTok right now.
Did I say it has been banned? No, I said that it is being banned, meaning still in the process. That is unless the owning entity sells it to another company that doesn’t have significant foreign government controls.
Read critically.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2024/12/17/the-tiktok-ban-countdown-whats-next-for-creators-and-businesses/
It’s almost like it’s been a news story for the last year or so…
Yes, and I asked for an example of a website that has been banned. Past tense.
The law has already been passed to ban it. It takes effect in 2025. So while it is still accessible, it has in effect already been banned.
I guess since it has to already have been banned, then I could just trot out Napster, pirate Bay, Wikileaks, and Megaupload…