U.S. House OVERWHELMINGLY Votes To Ban TikTok

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3 ай бұрын

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@Justjeroam 3 ай бұрын

Funny how it’s all the older generation that vote for the future of the young.

@NotYourBusiness-bp2qn 3 ай бұрын

Funny how younger generations somehow think their parents owe them something when it's completely the other way around.

@mohammedkhaliq1475 3 ай бұрын

@@NotYourBusiness-bp2qnyou effen troll, you’re commenting on every thread. Do you work for hasbra or some other organization that spreads misinformation?

@Justjeroam 3 ай бұрын

@@NotYourBusiness-bp2qnYour name apt

@DemonDante1000 3 ай бұрын

@@NotYourBusiness-bp2qn you know, if parents truly loved their children, shou would think that the very least that they could provide them would be a habitable planet to live on. So either shou don't love shour children, or shou're just a fked up individual

@treasurethetime2463 3 ай бұрын

80 year olds deciding what the rest of America can do with technology. My God.

@markt2202 3 ай бұрын

I think social media in general is destroying our society. Facebook started this horrible trend

@nostradamus9608 3 ай бұрын

Facebook is an American company. It is not beholden to the totalitarian chinese communist government.

@gigmaresh8772 3 ай бұрын

Oh . . . and all this time I had been thinking it was MySpace

@nunyabuziness8421 3 ай бұрын

Good riddance evil app. Brings out the worse in ppl. Hopefully all social media gets banned

@DannyYankou 3 ай бұрын

Social media has made people obsessed with getting constant validation, going viral, and becoming an "influencer". It's all so cringe and I think it's harming people mentally.

@wongtan5680 3 ай бұрын

well you still have only fans, and ofc they will never ban the rest bc all give info to the government

@anubisofearth4018 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, can't have a way for people to tell and find out the truth of things, lol. Can't have freedom! Am I right? "Patriots"? Truth hurts,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, LIARS!!!!👈😆😉👌

@user-re8vc5dq4g 3 ай бұрын

KZfaq also counts as social media…..

@rickdeezy07dj 3 ай бұрын

So people can’t afford rent or healthcare and we can’t do anything about that but banning TikTok is apparently a bipartisan unifier? The US is an odd place

@nedsantos1415 3 ай бұрын

What would happen if Congressional lobbies are legally banned????

@Rocanala 3 ай бұрын

We would actually have a government FOR the people.

@McCarthy911 3 ай бұрын

So people can't see real news anymore

@andreadehoyos9910 3 ай бұрын

This is where we lose the young voters.

@EvangelismforGod 3 ай бұрын

Yep! It would be the nail in the coffin for Biden.

@CyberMachine 3 ай бұрын

Trump hates the app too lmao

@juliopeinado2660 3 ай бұрын

We're screwed.

@ahmaedahmend1553 3 ай бұрын

Wait facebook can steal my data but tiktok can't?

@forevermore6558 3 ай бұрын

Yes. The Chinese are strategic. What if it's a matter of national security?

@MrTweej 3 ай бұрын

Facebook isn't obligated to share your information with foreign governments. That's the difference.

@truthfuturist 3 ай бұрын

Fake news says Fakebook is your Friend

@wongtan5680 3 ай бұрын

@@MrTweejit does to US government and if you live anywhere else thats the national security risk right there

@faytwind3913 3 ай бұрын

TYT dropped the ball with explaining why congress is banning tiktok. This was absolutely a terrible framing from tyt

@stevenaguilar803 3 ай бұрын

What they are doing violates the first and fifth amendment

@Rocanala 3 ай бұрын

If the US can’t control it, it’ll destroy it. That’s true across the board…

@JonKovach 3 ай бұрын

Nancy Pelosi is intolerable when she speaks its so cringeworthy and obnoxious.

@Nicuju 3 ай бұрын

I wonder how much Meta paid her

@111tedward 3 ай бұрын

Haha I mean maybe but also that was the most hilarious thing I've seen on the floor of Congress.

@corifry1052 3 ай бұрын

They are screwing themselves not realizing how many people are making a living from TikTok shops.

@iii___iii 3 ай бұрын

They don't care

@Politicallyhomeless18 3 ай бұрын

Who gives a fuck?

@iii___iii 3 ай бұрын

@@Politicallyhomeless18 🤣🤣💀

@S1D3W1ND3R015 3 ай бұрын

I mean. They could get a real job. 9-5 or what have you and contribute to society. Just a thought.

@Really-ej8jt 3 ай бұрын

@@S1D3W1ND3R015 or you could grow up and realize that this is about governmental overreach and that there is a reason that we have the 1st amendment

@arnulfosolisjr3559 3 ай бұрын

Ban it And Facebook and Twitter and Instagram 👍

@D.von.N 3 ай бұрын

I couldn't care less about tiktok. Never installed it and not missing it. Even ignoring reels on fakebook. Many people would actually be better off if tiktok didn't exist. Kids would have a longer attention span and better results at school, body dysmorphia would have less victims, people wouln't make such fools of themselves for the whole world to see... nope, not missing it. I prefer to choose what I want to see, not the algorithm.

@MM-pl6zi 3 ай бұрын

They eould have a longer Lifespan, too.

@pjbullet2604 3 ай бұрын

It’s funny how people complain about a possible ban on TikTok because, they like TikTok and don’t care about it’s security; however, when something happens to them through the app, they will blame the government for not protecting them.

@masonm600 3 ай бұрын

What I find hilarious is how fast Trump's fluffers flip flopped on TikTok as soon as the dear leader changed his mind.

@jefnel200 3 ай бұрын

Mindless sheep.

@yourseatatthetable 3 ай бұрын

I can't help but wonder who's going to benefit from this 'cause you know damn well these politicians don't do squat unless it benefits them, or at least, their donors.

@intellectualrebel5340 3 ай бұрын

They're just pissed because young people are leaving those facebook chlerofashists and rather use tiktok. What about banning facebook from doing fashist stuff? Anybody ever tought of that? No, they're waay to bribed for that.

@sarahlachman1349 3 ай бұрын

HOW IS THIS EVEN CCONSTUTIONAL?!!

@Justin-si2vi 3 ай бұрын

It's not. They all agree on it, it's illegal, but who's going to hold Congress or Biden accountable? The only other branch is the Supreme Court, and if they block it... The fools in the House/Senate got away with voting on it and the fool in the whitehouse if he signs it, will get away with it. They need to start answering for unconstitutional bills and unconstitutional laws.

@MrTweej 3 ай бұрын

The Constitution protects U.S. citizens, not foreign corporations and foreign governments.

@serenitywintirs2773 3 ай бұрын

@@MrTweejif they really wanted to protect U.S citizens then they would have banned Facebook after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. This is about protecting THEMSELVES

@Justin-si2vi 3 ай бұрын

@@MrTweej You're one of the problems that's a voter. As George Carlin says... You lack any knowledge. This isn't about "protecting" China. It's about stopping the federal government from blackmailing and trying to seize a company they disagree with politically. These weasels in 2017 passed a bill to sell your browsing history. They don't give a FLYING CARE what your privacy/data is. Google, when I did takeout, had my voice recorded from 2013 on multiple google voice commands "hey google: info" ... where is the privacy? Congress is nowhere to be found, instead they're found trying to legalize selling your data. They only oppose it since they were lobbied harder by AIPAC and FB since Tiktok is competition to Instagram (another monopoly which FB shouldn't have been allowed to own)

@jennyflora3069 3 ай бұрын

How about china and all of us boycot Facebook, Instagram and all american plattforms??

@NotYourBusiness-bp2qn 3 ай бұрын

Facebook is banned in China. Stop hyperventilating you'll be alright without TikTok. Who knows you might even develop a brain, although it's a long shot...

@mohammedkhaliq1475 3 ай бұрын

@@NotYourBusiness-bp2qnFacebook is banned in china just like huawei is banned in the US. The government needs to keep their nose out of the apps we use. Last I checked this was a free country, and people who installed the app did so knowing they collect your data so let people make the choices they want.

@MaxBaby29 3 ай бұрын

facebook is banned in China and Zuckerberg is out for payback

@aleksandrmarkelov1774 3 ай бұрын

China has already banned all of those platforms for years. They jealously protect China from any outside influence but ruthlessly exploit Western free speech to spread propaganda, brainwash children, and harvest data from an entire generation (and not just for advertising but also espionage). Finally the West starts defending itself.

@jensoph 3 ай бұрын

We love TikTok! Not our fault the IDF posts its war crimes!

@michaelmcgee8543 3 ай бұрын

This is pure fascism. It violates the first Amenment.

@DannyYankou 3 ай бұрын

To play devil's advocate, does the first amendment extend to foreign corporations? I think this is bad for free speech, but a ban might not technically be unconstitutional.

@S1D3W1ND3R015 3 ай бұрын

😂 Like dems care about the Constitution especially the 2nd

@MrTweej 3 ай бұрын

The First Amendment outlines what the U.S. Government can do to U.S. citizens. Foreign corporations and foreign governments are not protected under the 1st Amendment.

@Dylan-885 3 ай бұрын

Amenment 😂

@Levitiy 3 ай бұрын

Article 1, Section 9 as well.

@Adrianstreet997 3 ай бұрын

It will be funny if this is the catalyst that sparks the next round of civil unrest. Not rent prices…….but this.

@kekwayblaze3176 3 ай бұрын

18-34 is the main demographic of TikTok and advertisers covet that demographic.

@OMINOUSVHSTAPE 3 ай бұрын

We still talking about "communist" like it's 1960?

@MichaelLeeOne 3 ай бұрын

If they could go after assault weapons with that urgency.

@Dominic_Amoe 3 ай бұрын

Terrible, moronic idea. We need those to fight back against tyranny.

@RobertWGreaves 3 ай бұрын

Welcome to communist america. When I was a kid back in the 1950s, this is the sort of thing they told me happens in Russia.

@StinkCabbage 3 ай бұрын

The McCarthy era you live through as a young boy was Communist America; loyalty oaths, blacklisting, book banning. Makes today look like a tea party

@j0shj0shj0sh 3 ай бұрын

AIPAC: WE HAVE A MASSIVE TIKTOK PROBLEM. 2 DAYS LATER - US GOVT: LETS BAN TIKTOK.

@111tedward 3 ай бұрын

They've been trying to ban it for years. I don't think this has anything to do with AIPAC. Also, AIPAC has a massive problem with pretty much every social media platform, not just TikTok.

@anubisofearth4018 3 ай бұрын

Facts!

@dr1flush 3 ай бұрын

AIPAC controls the country.

@eavesdropper0 3 ай бұрын

They never said that

@dr1flush 3 ай бұрын

@@eavesdropper0 Jonathan Greenblatt, head of the Anti-Defamation League, can be heard saying, “We have a TikTok problem,” referencing declining public support for Israel among younger people. The progressive group RootsAction also noted that AIPAC is the top donor to Congressmember Mike Gallagher, who authored the TikTok ban bill.

@boomeradley8748 3 ай бұрын

it's sad how this is the only thing democrats and republicans can both agree on... but nothing when it comes to helping the People

@alexishill3342 3 ай бұрын

The American people anyway.

@lizzyo3478 3 ай бұрын

One of the concerns I have is that China doesn’t allow US social media in China, so why do they want TikTok allowed in the US? Also, I read somewhere that the type of information they pushed to the West on TikTok is not allowed in China.

@Joey-ct8bm 3 ай бұрын

We should actually ban X in Europe. You should ban X in the US too. Elon Musk actively tries to stop aid to Ukraine on X with a group of republican lawmakers. Before the war he bought aluminum from Russia. He has multiple factories in China and got a loan of 1.6 billion loan from a Chinese bank and also a 1.8 billion investment of Tencent in China. Musk claims he's for freedom of speech, but it's just nonsense. He loves him some dictator money very mucho and even helps them.

@L-K-K 3 ай бұрын

Isn't that because US social media won't comply with Chinese laws? Could it be because US companies are required to give US gov back doors & also happily prioritise profit over user well-being / social good? The Chinese culture has a long history of paternalistic attitude & valuing social stability over individual needs & desires. It's not unique to the CPC. Hack, isn't that what Tiger Mom/Dad all about? Would the greedy capitalist US companies comply if the Chinese gov decide to crack down on online behaviours that it deems destablising? You can say if Chinese gov can do it, why not US gov. But the question is will regulations apply to all companies or will there be exemptions for those US companies who pay off the US politicians? BTW, the more educated Chinese do manage to access US social media via VPN. Sure it may not be always reliable, but they're clever enough to play cat & mouse when there's strong enough a desire. There's plenty of content creators here on KZfaq posting from China. As for type of info pushed to the West vs in China - TikTok is a completely separate app from DoYin - the Chinese version. And any successful social media company would know that the algorithm has to be localised to the user's country / market. What interests Americans may not interest Chinese, & vice versa. All of the social media companies aim to get you to spend as much time as possible on their platforms. So if their algorithms deliver the wrong content then you disengage quickly and they lose the reach they need to entice advertisers. What they all tinker with is how to keep you addicted. What TikTok shows me won't be the same as what it shows you because I'd be tuned out immediately if it's just silly adolescent challenges.

@TheScotsalan 3 ай бұрын

@@L-K-KYeah...youtube creators in China do actually need to get their stuff approved. The western creators in China have minders. Nowt negative about China is allowed. Re Douyin. Yup, by law, all media in China has to be pro CCP and paint China is a good light. Its not about catering to different markets. Its about creators and vid service providers staying out of jail 😂. Wanna post anything on Chinese media ? You need your ID. Want wechat ? Your sim card is locked to your ID. Wanna browse Tabao for a new fishing pole, you need ID.

@MrTweej 3 ай бұрын

TikTok is banned in China.

@derekrequiem4359 3 ай бұрын

I'm sure all the free market folks are gonna be FURIOUS about this and UP IN ARMS against this tyrannical gov overreach! We're gonna hear them soon!... Aaaaaany day now!...

@Politicallyhomeless18 3 ай бұрын

Such a dumb take. CCP owned company influencing and spying on US citizens is 100% in the interest of the government. If they divest and become American owned, then there's no issue.

@josephnolan8217 3 ай бұрын

This ban looks like a Trojan horse

@ObeyBanksy 3 ай бұрын

Is AIPAC involved in this ban?

@mohammedkhaliq1475 3 ай бұрын

Yes they are.

@abubaytnighan6480 3 ай бұрын

If it passes, then AIPAC approved it

@cobrakaineverdies4589 3 ай бұрын

Of course. Saw on another channel this was more pushed because Tiktok had more pro Palestine content. Which is just a lie because Palestine just has 100x more support. They don’t want their atrocities not censored like they do on all American platforms

@jeffreywang8506 3 ай бұрын

What has this country become? Shameful ruling class 😅

@STOPTheocracy 3 ай бұрын

I took one look at the title and thought, "ridiculous!" What's next? Instagram? Facebook? If you don't like the platform, don't use it. Banning social media platforms is nefarious.

@harrygrotter3756 3 ай бұрын

I'm sure the CCP appreciates your position.

@wongtan5680 3 ай бұрын

@@harrygrotter3756the globalist appreciates your position

@laxx1559 3 ай бұрын

All I'm saying is, we didn't have these problems when Vine was around...

@jamesdixon2857 3 ай бұрын

Russia and china dont have to destroy America, America leaders will do it for china and Russia 😂. Good times

@GregLakatosChradm 3 ай бұрын

Yes, this is what's going to topple the US. 🤣🤣🤣

@jamesdixon2857 3 ай бұрын

@GregLakatosChradm this is just one. There's more

@GregLakatosChradm 3 ай бұрын

@@jamesdixon2857 Much more pressing issues.

@jamesdixon2857 3 ай бұрын

@GregLakatosChradm this is the big one and it has to do with free speech, free speech is the biggest issue for Americans

@JaM-si6nb 3 ай бұрын

That's to be expected. They are already burning books.

@renardleblanc5556 3 ай бұрын

Sooo... now the FBI and DHS can freely access Tick-Tok user data? Well, now, that's sooooo much better. /sarcasm

@santichatterjee7284 3 ай бұрын

I'm from India and I can unequivocally say that America is just following the footsteps of China and Russia on free speech. Most unfortunate for the world's oldest democracy

@sujitjoshi1240 3 ай бұрын

Stop making such dumb comments. It’s making us look bad.

@santichatterjee7284 3 ай бұрын

@@sujitjoshi1240 Yeah, you're looking into the right mirror. My sympathies

@patrickgjorven7832 3 ай бұрын

It certainly is with the Democrats in charge.

@cobrakaineverdies4589 3 ай бұрын

True sadly. They want us limited to various forms of American “state media”

@teresasalisbury4748 3 ай бұрын

Considering that N Korea has proven how easily the US can be taken down, through electronics, and since China IS an adversary, with even better (worse?) ways to take us down, this is an interesting bill. China owns us, our lawmakers have allowed that. Banning TikTok makes sense, but so does banning Temu, banning US companies from doing business with/in China. Boycotting anything linking us to China (or Russia) would make the most sense. But, Americans tend to want coddling, not self discipline and self sacrifice.

@D.von.N 3 ай бұрын

Always follow the money.

@theshawnpalmer1326 3 ай бұрын

Every body is spying on everybody else and they ain’t using tic tacs or tick toks to do it! 💊

@gladyscommons5559 3 ай бұрын

Take Pelosi to the museum.

@KGRICK1 3 ай бұрын

this will cost them younger votes.

@veegob5287 3 ай бұрын

The “Tik Tak Toe” thing was so cringe. 🤯 Nancy Pelosi, and I’m a Democrat, needs to retire.

@Bryan-jd7os 3 ай бұрын

I thought she did retire? No?

@haasteagle4925 3 ай бұрын

@@Bryan-jd7os She retired as the House Democrat party leader, she didn't retire from congress so still has her seat.

@Bryan-jd7os 3 ай бұрын

@haasteagle4925 oh, thank you, yeah it's time!

@protosoul14 3 ай бұрын

Tic tak toe winner... did she plan that out or just have a stroke?

@mmmmmm-op8iz 3 ай бұрын

352 Agents of *Israel* not *lawmakers*

@anubisofearth4018 3 ай бұрын

They're mad that tic-toc told the REAL story in Palestine, smh. That's what that "reinvigorated" line was about. FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽🇺🇲

@istandwithpalestine3 3 ай бұрын

if TikTok was Israeli, there would be nb problem.

@cobrakaineverdies4589 3 ай бұрын

The 15% Yass guy is, which makes me suspicious

@BrettAdelman125 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like freedom to me... 😐

@sal5604 3 ай бұрын

No one is ever "free".

@Atheismisbased 3 ай бұрын

@@sal5604 Nice justification for authoritarian policy or censorship fascist.

@steviej359 3 ай бұрын

Never used it, couldn't care less.

@rebeccajordangleason8588 3 ай бұрын

This will make Meta very happy

@EhioChild 3 ай бұрын

This isn't about protecting Americans. It's about protecting Israel. 😌

@madworld6801 3 ай бұрын

💯 it's about Isreal

@412StepUp 3 ай бұрын

Israel is doing so many things nowadays to turn people against them. American Jews support Israel no matter what and call you anti semitic if you don’t support Israel 100% of the time. They act like they are perfect and don’t do anything wrong ever.

@ronnieblevins7781 3 ай бұрын

Nancy is embarrassing

@GRACFUL1 3 ай бұрын

America has everything made in China, from our missiles to TVs. and everything else, what is more important to the U.S., knowing that China knows how our schematics to our missile guidance chips work, or knowing TikTok users, information.

@ronaldgamber1181 3 ай бұрын

We should ban truth social

@shadowjudge921 3 ай бұрын

Amen to that. 👍👍💯

@Politicallyhomeless18 3 ай бұрын

Truth social is a cesspool of trash. Not a reason to ban it tho Tik Tok is a legit concern. Controlled by the CCP

@joewoodchuck3824 3 ай бұрын

What's so special about tik tok that people can't do on other platforms?

@MrTweej 3 ай бұрын

Other platforms aren't owned by a Chinese company & aren't obligated to share information on U.S. citizens with the Chinese government.

@joewoodchuck3824 3 ай бұрын

@@MrTweej I know that. But what I'm asking is why are people crying about tik tok so much when they can do all the same stuff elsewhere.

@intellectualrebel5340 3 ай бұрын

@@joewoodchuck3824No we can't. Twitter is owned by a publicly known crazy far-right extremist and facebook has been doing an f-ing ton of fashist stuff lately. It's owned by Meta, which also own Insta, so if you wanna bojcott then, no Insta as well. If TikTok is gone, we're left with the nerdy, hipster Tumblr and Pinterest a lot "cool popular kids" don't use that much so when given the options (no social media/Pinterest/Tumblr) a lot of mainstream young folks will be softly forced on muskrat's dumpster fire or Meta surveilance (yes, they spy on folks and report it to the american govt and racist only have a problem when chinese do the spying, they're perfectly happy when US govt spies on them to enforce their chlerofashist shit like what's been happening after we lost Roe.) Even if the racist bs is real and the Chinese are spying on us, it's not like some random teens know american nuclear secrets. And Chinese can't do shit in america. They can't use any random info against young americans. US govt on the other hand, very well can and has already been doing it with the help of Facebook. This is not about China. This is about making people so scared of China that they would vote for a law that softly forces young folks to use apps that spy for the US govt. It's not big comrade that's watching you, it's big uncle. And he's american and supports chlerofashists and muskrat's wallet.

@dcbabe0270 3 ай бұрын

People make their money on tick tok. So you're just going to take their paycheck. What if you did this to youtube? Whether you like it or not people have made their careers on sm platforms. Why are you attacking them in this effort?

@mathewkelleher7136 3 ай бұрын

Seems strangely unamerican

@denisehamed3967 3 ай бұрын

They realized the cats out of the bag.we are on to them😮

@bernardofitzpatrick5403 3 ай бұрын

Is USA a democracy ? 😂😂

@dozersdady 3 ай бұрын

No it's a constitutional Republic

@levelazn 3 ай бұрын

the u.s is a chaotic soup of interest groups masquerading as a constitutional democracy.

@davidhand9721 3 ай бұрын

Yes and no. A "government of, by, and for the people" where "all men are created equal" can only mean democracy. The founding documents outline a _representative_ democracy. There is no conflict between a constitutional republic and a democracy; these are two independent qualities that both describe the US. America's faithfulness to democratic ideals has always been imperfect, however. Because of the nominal independence of the states, there have always been compromises, such as the electoral college and distribution of the Senate, that empower the citizens of less populated states and disenfranchise national majorities at the federal level. There are also mechanisms like gerrymandering that enable (political) minorities to enforce their policies on the majority at a state level. Originally, voting was an exclusive privilege of white men who owned land, and while this is rectified in law today, the aforementioned mechanisms often allow local and state groups to deprive a targeted population of their voting power in practice. Finally, since the supreme court decided that bribes from corporations and billionaires are a form of protected free speech, and modern campaigns are a billion dollar industry, individual voters today have very little influence on policy in practice.

@jadapinkett1656 3 ай бұрын

Save Tik Tok. Ban Congress.

@chrisoffersen 3 ай бұрын

I remember when I first learned that RT was a Russian sponsored channel. There was a lot of stuff on there that I agreed with… but it just left me feeling like America was the worst. Learning it was backed by Russia made a lot of things make sense. TYT often makes me think America is the worst … Whenever TYT has mentioned China, within the last couple years at least, it’s spoken in its defense, even using China’s framing of events.

@HasnaaAlaa 3 ай бұрын

Maybe it's because america is the worst!!!

@shanillaabdul9896 3 ай бұрын

fair point

@cobrakaineverdies4589 3 ай бұрын

America is the worst. You’ll see this watching any international news that isn’t our useless allies.

@dewilew2137 3 ай бұрын

If they are forced to sell it, I bet Zuck would try to buy it. Or Musk. _shudder_

@zandyzain6241 3 ай бұрын

Or Bezos

@samd2436 3 ай бұрын

Smells Israel

@illarabe8879 3 ай бұрын

Even more of a sign that this country is not free at all. This the government nor being able to control the narrative and then wanting to keep that power.

@markbulmer5227 3 ай бұрын

Nancy should have seen the movie War games you don't play Tic-Tac-Toe because there's no winning (just like global thermal nuclear warfare)

@crazyman8472 3 ай бұрын

“This is not an attempt to ban TikTok; this is an attempt to look like we’re doing something about social media without actually doing anything about social media.” 🤦‍♀️

@anntares172 3 ай бұрын

Social media is integral to people's lives and businesses. It's just a fact. Do we really want to go back to facebook or instagram threads? Also, someone please tell me how other apps selling our information, to other countries, is different from anything tiktok is doing.

@user-wi3tc1ek8f 3 ай бұрын

I just posted this.

@ting280 3 ай бұрын

I'm bout to delete IG. they were already pissing me off with the inescapable ads. 2 ads between every story. an ad every 3 posts on the feed. an ad every 5 posts on someone's page. an automatically refreshing feed to force you to view new ads at the top of the feed, with no way to opt out. insane amounts of suggested users. all people wanted was the chronological feed back and instead they break more functions just to forcefeed you more ads. and they suppress progressive content and promote right wing content, there's barely any point anymore.

@marjie62 3 ай бұрын

We’re trying to ban TikTok, their not banning us from using Their labor force. I don’t see the relevance.

@OGCHUCK1 3 ай бұрын

Good a lot of tiktokers need to touch grass

@davidhand9721 3 ай бұрын

Omg pelosi is so embarrassing...

@lalapo5304 3 ай бұрын

Not even possible to ban tik tok.

@yolandaespinosa1975 3 ай бұрын

We have political unrest inflation, etc & we worrying about tik-tok😢

@tom940 3 ай бұрын

Gotta be honest, I don't really care if china spies on me, what are they going to get? Pictures of my cat? Lol

@user-wi3tc1ek8f 3 ай бұрын

Exactly. They can have all of my pupper pictures.

@jobs3089 3 ай бұрын

It influences and manipulates the unsuspecting in favor of a major foreign adversary (Chinese communists)

@williamhartz8707 3 ай бұрын

Amazing Congress finally agrees on something.

@BennyDollaz 3 ай бұрын

Yea get that chinese app of my phone that was made in china! I gotta protect my home network that uses a chinese router and keep my files safe on my computer that was made in china!

@AnthonySopran0 3 ай бұрын

Have you considered replacing it with a product from China?

@theemporersnewclothes 3 ай бұрын

Wait ,what ,the least productive Congress passed a bill⁉️

@HoldTheBacon 3 ай бұрын

It’s called information control. They prefer Facebook and IG model of information control. How’s this even legal. What happened to a free market

@brian_atc 3 ай бұрын

Evidently TikTok didn't put enough money in our legislators pockets. SMFH

@derekrequiem4359 3 ай бұрын

Pelosi channeling strong "Pokemon go to the polls" energy in that intro clip 😂

@dannylesbile8592 3 ай бұрын

So China should lift the ban on you tube n Facebook if they care about competition

@Grimloxz 3 ай бұрын

Who the fuck is asking for this? Americans also overwhelmingly want a higher minimum wage, abolishing medical debt, forgiveness of student loans, Medicare for all, preschool subsidies and and inflation control over food prices. We gonna vote on that???

@RealAsset-lp6wz 3 ай бұрын

I am not sure this is what Americans want given their unanimous support for Trump and Biden in the primaries.

@diegoharo7943 3 ай бұрын

Yes we have been voting but something tells me you don’t vote in primaries

@diegoharo7943 3 ай бұрын

Most young people just complain about our politicians but usually only vote in the general election for president if even that

@cobrakaineverdies4589 3 ай бұрын

We’re no different than North Korea and China at this point. America just has a good way of making an illusion of the people actually having a choice

@rachelcorrie8928 3 ай бұрын

Fascism is here foIks.

@covertpuppytwo3857 3 ай бұрын

NONSENSE!

@zellafranklin8240 3 ай бұрын

I keep thinking about how all the vpn companies will benefit from this.

@zandyzain6241 3 ай бұрын

Oh yeah

@edubl1 3 ай бұрын

I understand the "elder thing", but respect is earned, not given...

@MDone402 3 ай бұрын

Get rid of Fakebook too. Gossip and stupidity.

@sal5604 3 ай бұрын

Im excited to see how many "influencers" lose their only source of income and have to get real jobs.

@zandyzain6241 3 ай бұрын

Land of the freedom, eh?

@haitiancreolewithluciano 3 ай бұрын

Your life must be miserable!

@sal5604 3 ай бұрын

@@haitiancreolewithluciano My life is very fulfilling. Sad all you can do is attempt to insult.

@sal5604 3 ай бұрын

@@zandyzain6241 grammar, eh? Also, no one is free. Saying they are is giving people a false sense of reality.

@QualityStorytelling 3 ай бұрын

Imagine being so miserable you want others misery. Progressive or sex positive influencers are based.

@gabrielswee585 3 ай бұрын

*"tic-tac-toe"* Nancy Pelosi is so cringe Nancy Pelosi is so cringe...

@protosoul14 3 ай бұрын

China's just over there laughing. "Ok. No offbrand youtube for you."

@soninalphin2771 3 ай бұрын

Did anyone else catch that Windows jingle at the end of Pelosi's speak, funny little detail there. But seriously, I'm glad to see this. I am curious about that bit involving the dangerous trends & how they originated from other places, then again it doesn't matter where they came from. Dangerous trends are the things that lead to darwinism, as well as a sh*t ton of laughter & cringe.

@L-K-K 3 ай бұрын

Wikipedia: "Beijing-based ByteDance, is owned by founders and Chinese investors (20%), other global investors (60%), and employees (20%)." Not sure if the Chinese Investors have controlling shares vs the majority shareholders - the 60% global investors.

$@fractalign$

@fractalign 3 ай бұрын

If Chinese make up the largest percentage of investors, they are the majority.

@L-K-K 3 ай бұрын

@@fractalign Can you not read & do math? "60% OTHER GLOBAL INVESTORS." 60% is greater than a simple majority. 60% is grater than 20% Chinese investors. Now the remaining 20% Employee owners - it's unclear if these are all Chinese or a mixture of Chinese and international employees. But even if these are all Chinese employees, fact remains the majority share - 60% - is owned by GLOBAL investors outside China.

$@fractalign$

@fractalign 3 ай бұрын

I really don’t care, frame it how you want, the CCP controls the company, if any of those 60 percent attempt to buy them out, the CCP will just override them or buy them up. It’s not about maths it’s about state control.

@Dave102693 3 ай бұрын

The goverment has an stake in the company.

@tilltheworldendskeep 3 ай бұрын

Thanks AIPAC

@edcedera 3 ай бұрын

Follow the money and it all makes sense, Mericca.

@leylanyfigueroa2783 3 ай бұрын

If it's another country doing it, it must be dangerous, but when we do it's for freedom and dandy. Murica logic and philosophy at its finest😂

@warasyaqub3792 3 ай бұрын

Why should tiktok be allowed in the US if US social media companies aren't allowed in China?

@roland1912 3 ай бұрын

Maybe because the people who sign up for it and use it want to use it? And being the "Land of the Free" is a bunch of horseshit if the government can decide what apps you can and can't have on your phone.

@xenofanallen3218 3 ай бұрын

Because we the this thing called the first amendment and china dosent

@TheScotsalan 3 ай бұрын

Agree. The Chinese guv are complaining on Chinese state news. But nobody is asking the Chinese Foreign Minister, why TikTok is banned in China ?

@Politicallyhomeless18 3 ай бұрын

Correct

@deonlubbe6127 3 ай бұрын

Americans still think they live in a democracy 😁😁😁

@ting280 3 ай бұрын

no they don't. Americans know they're trapped in a dictatorship that takes money to escape, which is why the billionaires make sure they collectively hold more wealth than 50% of the country. you can't escape it with violence either because the police have half the city budgets and right wingers think every complaint is woke mob SHTF scenarios, so you'll be fought by cops and the right.