The House on Wednesday passed a bill with broad bipartisan support that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner to either sell the hugely popular video app or be banned in the United States.

Republican leaders fast-tracked the bill through the House with limited debate, and it passed on a lopsided vote of 352-65, reflecting widespread backing for legislation that would take direct aim at China in an election year.

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    8 months ago

    It is already done. They are calling it TikTok bill as propaganda, in reality this bill is not specific against TikTok but to ANY APP/WEBSITE that has at least 20% ownsership from ANYONE which resides or has business headquartered in CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN or NORTH KOREA *

    * The list of countries is of course subject to future expansion.

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      8 months ago

      Right. Sure. And there’s no war in Ba Sing Se. It’s not called the TikTok bill because it’s going to affect hundreds of companies.

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        8 months ago

        Restricting how people interact is not how you combat propaganda. It’s how to set the stage for internal, more tightly controlled propaganda…