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US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 42 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So TikTok is sending out app notifications that they are at risk of being shut down and urging their users to call their representatives right now. They are not going down without a fight.

The 165 days time limit would land the deadline in August-ish, right before the most intense phase of election season in the States, and I do think TikTok would be a very influential part of the election strategy this year.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

On this particular topic, I think "both sides" is true. Both sides want to proceed down this "ban websites by name" road.