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Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it
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this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2024
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The platform is already pretty censored, mentions of Palestine get fucked by the algo, I barely even see it from people I follow if I don't look up their past videos.
But I could imagine that's the impetus for congress, Trump tried the same thing after Tiktok was used to organize ~a million people RSVPing free tickets to a trump rally, resulting in him doing his shtick infront of like 100 people in a stadium. He only stopped after a major donor asked him not to, and it was very unpopular. Now dems are in Trumps position after hearing the kids are using Tiktok to organize against them, of course they'd make the same calculation and try to ban it.