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House approves sell-or-be-banned TikTok measure, attaching it to foreign aid bill (www.npr.org)

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[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It's not a start tho, it's killing competition of Facebook and Google. It's consolidating power if anything. I believe this bill has nothing to do with security issues and everything to do with campaign contributions to make sure America never has to compete with another country in this space.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Oh I know their motivation is greed.

[–] BurnSquirrel@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

eh, It would look like more of a shakedown if it was just the US doing it, but tiktok is getting banned all over the place, particularly for government devices.