President Biden Has Signed The "TikTok Ban" Into Law; What Does This Mean?

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 Well, a number of things, as this CNN story notes. Among them:

  • China has the ability block any sale, which is likely considering that the purpose the US law is to force a Chinese company sell to an American buyer. 
  • The owner of the company vows to fight through legal means.
  • Even if the sale were to happen, China could remove the algorithm from the app, basically making it useless. 
  • First Amendment experts doubt this law will hold up in court.

The one thing the CNN story doesn't really cover is the "why." Well, this app that was created and governed by another country; as such the leaders of America cannot control what is being said or done on the app. This means that (mostly young) Americans who use it can criticize America (within reason; Lee Camp apparently was banned). Compare this to when Americans (including Lee Camp) were on RT America, a Russian-backed news network that allowed Americans to critique the American government...not to mention its allies. TikTok allows for much the same, and American politicians can't go and complain Musk or Zuckerberg to get posts removed or voices silenced. And with that we have the true purpose: American politicians want to control the narrative. 

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