davel@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoParis Marx: The TikTok ban is all about preserving US powerdisconnect.blogexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down148
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minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·4 months agoBans can be bypassed, but my concern is if the new law makes it criminal to use tiktok. If so, the media should stop saying “tiktok ban” and instead say “new law makes it a crime to use tiktok”
minus-squaregorgori@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoIt’s a hosting ban on US servers and app stores. People already downloaded the app will continue to be able to use it. That is if Bytedance doesn’t sell.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·4 months agoAnd what happens when they make it a criminal of fence to bypass the ban?
minus-squareSimon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoProbably the same thing that happens when I have a wet dream about Marilyn Monroe
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoYou get violently thrown into a cage by people with guns?
Bans can be bypassed, but my concern is if the new law makes it criminal to use tiktok. If so, the media should stop saying “tiktok ban” and instead say “new law makes it a crime to use tiktok”
It’s a hosting ban on US servers and app stores. People already downloaded the app will continue to be able to use it.
That is if Bytedance doesn’t sell.
And what happens when they make it a criminal of fence to bypass the ban?
Probably the same thing that happens when I have a wet dream about Marilyn Monroe
You get violently thrown into a cage by people with guns?