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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 100 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it was donvict's idea to ban 'em to begin with.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 71 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but didn't he recently meet with the owners of tick tock? I'm sure some money greased his slimy brain

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 55 points 3 months ago (1 children)

YASS he sure did meet with one of the owners

Jeffrey Yass, it was Jeffrey Yass, some billionaire investor who just so happened to be a big campaign donor

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Grifters gonna grift

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 47 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Seems to me that the supreme court shouldnt be able to be “urged” to rule the wants of an executive

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Have you not been paying attention? They’re just an old and shitty theatre troupe performing the whims of the highest bidder.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Just one more thing that American voters simply do not care about.

[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Way too late for that lol

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't that make him pro-China?

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He’s pro-money and power. Initially, he indicated that he would let the ban pass. Then, TikTok execs went to Mar-a-lago and he has changed his tune. What changed? Probably they bribed him.

[–] theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Given tiktok isnt a Chinese company by any possible definition that doesn't label all Asians as Chinese, no not really.

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Given tiktok isnt a Chinese company by any possible definition that doesn't label all Asians as Chinese, no not really.

That is the strangest way of saying "Yes they are Chinese" I've ever seen.

[–] theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You're telling me that Bytedance Ltd, headquartered in Beijing, founded and partially owned by two Chinese people, is not a Chinese company?

[–] unstoppableforskin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Omg are you being forced at gunpoint to lie?

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 1 points 3 months ago

Never said the Chinese government owned it.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Weird to see trump and the ACLU on the same side for a change.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

ACLU is against it due to principals of freedom of speech not that TikTok is some worthwhile company.

Trump is against it because he wants a big bribe for them to continue to operate. He has always been a blackmail king so this is right up his alley.

[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

It's like RFK trying to ban medical commercials. I agree with him under this one circumstance, but for entirely different reasons lol.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

A broken clock…