1/31
@Imani_Barbarin
By the way, the tiktok ban paves the way to ban Discord, League of Legends, Reddit…really ANY internet communication deemed a “foreign adversary” up to the discretion of the US government.
2/31
@ivy_wylder
This is also why they want to implement the age verification for porn laws btw. It’s under the guise of “protecting children” but it’s really just setting a precedent for them to be able to control what you see online and monitor what you’re consuming. Oh, and far-right christian puritanism thrown in for good measure.
3/31
@EiratheIntern
Reddit and Discord are American Companies.
4/31
@LunacyFarm
20% ownership stake from any country we don't like is a $5k per user fine. Very normal.
5/31
@leamaric
God willing… hellfire through all these channels
6/31
@TheNooticer
Riot and Tencent next please.
7/31
@Tradwife2222
lol, ok so?
8/31
@DrRevKimberlyV1
9/31
@wangbangpro
good ban it all, add marvel rivals to the list
10/31
@realdemocrat135
I though corporations weren’t citizens
11/31
@doomguy255
12/31
@Jay_yay555
What happened to that extra 280 days we were supposed to get???
13/31
@squiddinc
Pretty based tbh
14/31
@alicesmonkey
I'm just curious about how they plan to enforce this ban.
15/31
@Tyrocks12ty
Very important to look at the bigger picture, people weren’t lying when they said we need to prepare for the future. Any sort of communication mass space between people can be compromised if TikTok is banned if it deemed as a “national security threat”
16/31
@ZeitGoetia
Discord and reddit are American companies.
17/31
@Fi7z
So we can ban X because Elon is anti-american?
18/31
@jo_youwhatmate
Literally
"What's the big deal, it's just Tiktok"
The big deal is that it sets a LEGAL precedent
19/31
@LenoreThalia
It's also a slippery slope for this to impact brick and mortar businesses as well. The government can just be like ope that country is an adversary, you have to sell or close now. Eminent domain 2.0
20/31
@RedWingsPheonix
Insane how many "patriots" are so happy about their free speech being ripped up.
21/31
@Aetreiythe
And the fact the government can bring forth “secret evidence” for consideration before the court and that evidence isn’t even seen by the governments lawyers nor is it spoken or written of in any substantive detail in the judgement or even in passing.
22/31
@MichelangeloPhD
Good
23/31
@0megalvl3vent
There will be no discretion, apples and oranges, tik tok was caught passing info after they were explicitly told not to, chances were given, China did not care.
FAFO.
24/31
@ProphetChaos714
25/31
@LibertyLudens
26/31
@LongoGablogian
?
What foreign adversary controls Discord, or Reddit, or League of Legends?
27/31
@disorderlyswine
That TT didn’t roll out the video of Romney and Blinken discussing pro-Palestinian content being the driving factor for a ban, and TT CEO Shou Chew attending the Trump inauguration, it must open the possibility of some other game being in play.
28/31
@BhutlahBobby
Or Minecraft
29/31
@havali_x
this does set a precedent which can be used in later cases against all of the above mentioned and even more, if we really think about it! fairly dangerous
30/31
@Yung_Ferengi
Please god, let me see a League of Legends ban enforced with capital punishment
31/31
@_Ellen_W
I’ve been assuming all along that was the reason the wanted to do it.
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