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• Vox A.W. Ohlheiser on x

  Imagining an internet without TikTok

• Mastodon Mastodon on mastodon

  Will Oremus (@willoremus@mastodon.social)  —  Biden has said he will sign the bill …

• @jbillinson Josh Billinson on threads

  Straightforward from here: 1.  Forced sale challenged in court, upheld 2.  Nobody actually buys TikTok 3.  App banned in the U.S. after a year 4.  Jeffrey Katzenberg sees a wide open market for short form mobile video content 5.  Quibi 2.0

• @ezeekat Jaysen Headley on threads

  The TikTok ban has passed, giving the app 12 months to divest.  If you're a creator or someone who uses TikTok for their business, now is a great time to try out your content on other platforms.  Get a foothold.  Get comfortable with posting in multiple places.  Encourage your au…

• @jw Josh Williams on threads

  TikTok is a risk and should be divested to a domestic company.  Also... Kids are smarter than you think they are and are less likely to be influenced by the “propaganda” they find on CCP TikTok than your parents were by US-based F*x News.  Ok.  There's my hot take for the evening…

• @alexheath Alex Heath on threads

  I can't emphasis enough how often I've heard from TikTok/ByteDance employees over the years that the company will never divest like this.  Rock meet hard place https://www.theverge.com/...

• @vishwanathsarang Vishwanath Sarang on threads

  Even as someone who's barely been using TikTok at all, I'm no less convinced that the banning/divesting of TikTok seems like a terrible idea for free speech and free enterprise.

• @mattontech@mastodon.sdf.org Matthew S. Smith on mastodon

  What a disappointment.  The TikTok ban is unconstitutional and an obvious moral panic.  I'm also continually perplexed by the Democratic Party on this, as it's somehow decided to take up a cause Trump and the republicans started.  —  I figured it would pass once it went into the …

• @NeoNacho@mastodon.social @NeoNacho@mastodon.social on mastodon

  Finally we can have what China has had for a long time, a great firewall https://www.theverge.com/...

• @caseynewton@mastodon.social Casey Newton on mastodon

  A TikTok ban is about to pass the Senate.  Can it withstand a First Amendment challenge?  I spoke to three constitutional scholars, and everyone agreed the outcome is extremely hard to predict https://www.platformer.news/ ...  [image]

• @tiktokpolicy @tiktokpolicy on x

  Our Statement on Enactment of the TikTok Ban: This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we will challenge it in court.  We believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side, and we will ultimately prevail.

• @tiktokpolicy @tiktokpolicy on x

  Our CEO Shou Chew's response to the TikTok ban: [video]

• @potus President Biden on x

  Tune in as I deliver remarks on the Senate passage of the national security package. https://twitter.com/...

• @ashleevance Ashlee Vance on x

  I could listen to this if he were cooking a one pan Thanksgiving dinner with The Strumbellas in the background

• @micsolana Mike Solana on x

  “now that divestment passed, what will happen next? who will get it?!” nobody lol we're entering a 12-month period of total chaos

• @megabasedchad @megabasedchad on x

  You can tell CCP controls TikTok because the forced sale should be a fun liquidity event for all the execs but they're raging instead

• @michaelsobolik Michael Sobolik on x

  The one word missing from this statement: divestment Because the legislation doesn't ban TikTok. And TikTok knows that. They don't want to talk about divestment because it leads straight to ByteDance. Straight to the Chinese Communist Party.

• @nathanleamerdc Nathan Leamer on x

  Speaking of rights, what are you doing to end the persecution of the Uighur people?

• @rlheinrichs Rebeccah Heinrichs on x

  Finally. This is a relief. It's the v least we should do to protect young ppl and defend ourselves from the PRC.

• @aripap Ari Paparo on x

  Biggest ad news of the year

• @michaelsobolik Michael Sobolik on x

  Biden should celebrate this momentous achievement by deleting his TikTok account.

• @kyurieff Kaya Yurieff on x

  It's official: President Biden has signed the TikTok ban or sell bill. CEO Shou Chew posted a TikTok video in response saying “It's obviously a disappointing momentum, but it does not need to be a defining one ... Rest assured, we aren't going anywhere.” https://www.theinformatio…

• @munster_gene Gene Munster on x

  After Biden signs TikTok forced sale into law, I put the over-under at 2 days before China retaliates. If they go after $AAPL and $TSLA, the Tech Cold War is officially on.

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  Only refers to it as a ban, without ever mentioning the divestment issue

• @jeromysonne Jeromy Sonne on x

  Extremely bullish on the TikTok ban for 2 reasons. 1. At least some of that incremental spend will make its way to CTV. 2. My wife can't buy dumb garbage from Temu ads anymore. Both are massive financial wins for me.

• @michaelsobolik Michael Sobolik on x

  Tonight, the countdown for TikTok begins. Once President Biden signs the legislation, it must divest from its Chinese Communist Party-controlled parent company ByteDance within nine months. This wasn't supposed to happen. Per @schwartzbCNBC, @tiktok_us and ByteDance spent over...

• @aghamilton29 @aghamilton29 on x

  This is a major victory for protecting Americans from a clear foreign threat, whether people realize it or not. What I find most amazing is that accusations of bought politicians are quite common, but this was the clearest example I can remember of donors actually calling...

• @repdancrenshaw Rep. Dan Crenshaw on x

  The Chinese Communist Party and their allies (some wealthy donors with investments in Tik Tok) tried to block our TikTok forced sale bill we moved out of the House.  They failed.  It's going to become law, and China will lose their ability to put propaganda in front of millions o…

• @themaxburns Max Burns on x

  Hard to imagine China consenting to a sale of TikTok at this point, simply for reasons of pride...but also tough to imagine Biden plowing ahead with an outright ban given the political realities domestically.

• @maxwinebach Max Weinbach on x

  Low-key Shopify would absolutely be a great owner for TikTok if ByteDance does sell TikTok Just saying

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  At this point, the bill is only a “ban” if the Chinese government blocks TikTok from being sold to a US owner.

• @alexgrayforok Alex Gray on x

  The passage of the TikTok divestment bill is a huge bipartisan success. Lawmakers and officials on both sides of the aisle must capitalize on this momentum and take further actions against the CCP's wide range of malign activities targeting our citizens and institutions.

• @djvlad DJ Vlad on x

  China is mad at the U.S. banning TikTok when Google and YouTube have always been banned there. I would love to make chinese ad money from my YouTube videos but nooooooooo

• @cinemasai_ @cinemasai_ on x

  the TikTok bill was attached to a foreign aid bill (big surprise) and now ByteDace basically has a year to find a buyer it's not going anywhere anytime soon

• @alyssafarah Alyssa Farah Griffin on x

  On TikTok: Very welcome in this moment when we are seeing firsthand the result of a generation of young people being radicalized by 90 second vids promoted by America's adversaries to make them hate their fellow Americans.

• @mtracey Michael Tracey on x

  This is incredible. Last night Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) gave an eloquent speech warning about the extreme dangers of the TikTok ban in the giant “National Security” bill. He correctly denounced it as unprecedented state censorship Then... he proceeded to VOTE *YES* ON THE BILL!!! [v…

• @blackleftaf @blackleftaf on x

  This TikTok ban is so deeply cynical; the White House has literally paid influencers to promote state department talking points and yet these same people are condemning the platform as a tool for the Chinese government? Asinine.

• @steventdennis Steven Dennis on x

  The TikTok bill's 270-day divest-or-ban deadline expires *Jan. 19th*, the day before Inauguration Day, *provided Biden signs it today.* There's a 90-day extension allowed *via presidential waiver*. But this is almost certainly headed to a courthouse first. https://www.bloomberg.c…

• @ldrogen Leigh Drogen on x

  Removing the largest psy-ops weapon of all time from the battlefield is good policy and I can't fathom any other way to view this unless you are in league with the China/Russia/Iran axis

• @kellymakena Makena Kelly on x

  TikTok CEO Shou Chew puts out a video response to Biden signing the divestiture bill. [video]

• @jameeljaffer Jameel Jaffer on x

  The TikTok bill is unconstitutional. The First Amendment means the government can't restrict Americans' access to ideas, information, or media from abroad without a very good reason for it—and no such reason exists here. (1/x)

• @viacristiano Cristiano Lima-Strong on x

  An interesting wrinkle to the TikTok bill: it doesn't require that ByteDance sell it off to an American company, only that it doesn't go to one “controlled” by a “foreign adversary” But the White House this week suggested that's the desired outcome: https://www.washingtonpost.com…

• @ddimolfetta David DiMolfetta on x

  Sen. Wyden on just passed NatSec package w/ bill leading to potential TikTok ban: “I plan to watchdog how this legislation is implemented, and will blow the whistle if the executive branch oversteps beyond the purpose of the bill.” [image]

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x

  Holy 💩 I can't believe this is happening so fast. If Biden signs, this would make young voters go nuts. [image]

• @mkraju Manu Raju on x

  News — After months of battles exposing a deep rift within the GOP, the Senate gave final approval to a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The measure, which also includes a plan that could ban TikTok, now heads to President Biden's desk. Final vote: 79-18

• @brendancarrfcc Brendan Carr on x

  NEW: The Senate has passed the House bill that definitively resolves TikTok's serious threat to our national security. My statement applauding this bipartisan Congressional action: [image]

• @yashar Yashar Ali on x

  NEWS The Senate has passed the bill which contains the TikTok divesture. Bytedance, TikTok's parent company, will now have one year to sell it or TikTok could be banned in the United States. The Chinese government will have to approve the sale. President Biden has already...

• @alexbarinka Alex Barinka on x

  Senate passes the TikTok divest-or-ban bill. It's off to President Joe Biden, who has previously said he'd quickly sign the legislation.

• @deedydas Deedy on x

  BREAKING: Bill to force TikTok to divest its US operation passed 79-18 in Senate and just needs Biden's signature. After India's TikTok ban, this is an all out war against Chinese consumer software, with 2 of the biggest markets gone. Are truly global social apps dead? [image]

• @viacristiano Cristiano Lima-Strong on x

  President Biden has already issued a statement saying he plans to sign this into law tomorrow, which would start the initial 270-day window for TikTok to divest 270 days from tomorrow (date of enactment) would be... Jan. 19, a day before inauguration day https://twitter.com/...

• @therecount @therecount on x

  79-18: The U.S. Senate approves a $95 billion foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. The bill also requires TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance within nine months or face a U.S. ban. [video]

• @drjessmaddox Dr. Jess Maddox on x

  I can't begin to state the ways this is a horrific decision for labor, entertainment, and information in the United States. This will impact the financial livelihoods of hundreds of thousands Americans.

• @deanbaker13 Dean Baker on x

  Too bad no one is talking about repealing Section 230 so that Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg don't have so much say over what we see https://cepr.net/...

• @hankgreen Hank Green on x

  I hope that TikTok remains available in the US and I also think that, on the whole, we'd be better off without it. I also feel this way about Coca-Cola and casinos.

• r/China r on reddit

  Tiktok refuses to sell and intends to take the lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• r/Sino r on reddit

  Tiktok refuses to sell and intends to take the lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• r/rspod r on reddit

  Biden signs Israel, Ukraine, TikTok bill into law

• r/lietuva r on reddit

  Ate ate visai tiktoko faunai 😔

• r/stupidpol r on reddit

  US bans TikTok owner ByteDance, will prohibit app in US unless it is sold

• r/InternationalNews r on reddit

  Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it

• r/technews r on reddit

  US bans TikTok owner ByteDance, will prohibit app in US unless it is sold

• r/PoliticalSparring r on reddit

  President Biden signs TikTok ban bill into law

• r/geopolitics r on reddit

  Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it

• r/technology r on reddit

  Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it

• r/Tiktokhelp r on reddit

  Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it

• r/news r on reddit

  TikTok: US Congress passes bill that could see app banned

• r/politics r on reddit

  US Senate passes $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan |  US Senate

• r/popculturechat r on reddit

  Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it

• @micsolana Mike Solana on x

  very odd, they're behaving in a manner that suggests they don't want to succeed, and would prefer the company go to zero. unthinkable choices from a business perspective. almost as if bytedance isn't being run by the CEO. but that would be crazy.

• @daphnehk Daphne Keller on x

  This @FT article with former TikTok employees talking about ByteDance's influence on daily operations is about what I'd expect absent a very formal, very disruptive and inconvenient firewall. Here's how that plays out for Trust and Safety: https://www.ft.com/... [image]

• @cristinacriddle Cristina Criddle on x

  NEW: More than two dozen current and former TikTok staff spoke to us about how Chinese owners ByteDance have tightened its grip on the platform in the wake of a US ban w/ ⁦@MsHannahMurphy⁩ and ⁦@EleanorOlcott⁩ https://www.ft.com/...

• @jchengwsj Jonathan Cheng on x

  What Is TikTok Worth? Guesses Range From $20 Billion to Over $100 Billion—The answer depends partly on whether TikTok bundles the U.S. and international businesses, and if it includes its algorithm @raffaelehuang @soonweilun https://www.wsj.com/... https://www.wsj.com/...

• @wsjtech @wsjtech on x

  Any potential deal to buy TikTok's U.S. operations raises a big question: How much is the popular video-sharing app worth? https://www.wsj.com/...

• @akarl_smith Allan Smith on x

  Scoop from @albamonica: Biden's campaign says it plans to keep using TikTok through the election after the president signed legislation that could ban it — but not until after the 2024 election The new law gives ByteDance 9 months to sell the app first https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @bhavinho_ @bhavinho_ on x

  We will ban this app in one year, but in the meantime we will exploit it to court young voters.

• @aterkel Amanda Terkel on x

  NEW — Biden campaign tells @albamonica it will keep using TikTok through the election, despite the new law that the president just signed https://www.nbcnews.com/...