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[–] betelgeuse@hexbear.net 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is totally different from Trump. Trump wanted Republicans to ban TikTok. Biden wants bipartisan support in banning TikTok. Two very different things.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

You need two wings to fly an airplane.

9/11

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We all know it's because TikToc is largely anti-genocide.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't Biden also make a tik tok and then get dragged in the comments lol?

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago

It was probably an intern but I have a mental image of Biden personally getting bullied by highschool kids and I'm gonna roll with that instead.

[–] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year ago

dew it. make an enemy of the youth vote. make the 2024 the funniest election in American history

unlimited-power

[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Getting out the youth vote by emulating the crotchety dean in an 80s comedy.

[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Tik-tok houuuuuse! yells-at-cloud

[–] flan@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

what's the renewed interest in banning tiktok all about

[–] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago

CHINA SCARY BAD!

But rupert Murdoch and the other foreign billionaires who own ask the mainstream news? Totally fine!

Tik Tok is mean to Biden

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

Easy distraction from the actual problems of the country

[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

These guys really do live in an alternate reality

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TikTok is a weaponized skinner box, a slot machine where there's never any wins

It absolutely should be illegal, just not for the reasons U.S. political liches care about

[–] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Banning all forms of algorithm based content dispensers would be cool as hell but idk how you'd legislate that. Maybe with the FCC or something

[–] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Send a bear into the server rooms of any company confirmed to use them. Fear will keep them in line.