NightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoTikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent ByteDance tells USwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down114
arrow-up1419arrow-down1external-linkTikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent ByteDance tells USwww.bbc.comNightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square234fedilink
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 months agoNotably the ban doesn’t kick in until after the election, after which it may not even be Biden’s problem. Maybe ByteDance will shut it down sooner. Maybe the next administration won’t follow through with the ban. 🤷
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19·5 months agoIt was smart to delay the ban. The original bill would have banned it before the election - monumentally stupid! This, at least, delays the impact. People are paying attention, though, and TikTok has been buying ads to campaign against this law. It’s still going to have an impact.
Notably the ban doesn’t kick in until after the election, after which it may not even be Biden’s problem. Maybe ByteDance will shut it down sooner. Maybe the next administration won’t follow through with the ban. 🤷
It was smart to delay the ban. The original bill would have banned it before the election - monumentally stupid! This, at least, delays the impact.
People are paying attention, though, and TikTok has been buying ads to campaign against this law. It’s still going to have an impact.