You don't need to reach into antisemitic territory or get out a corkboard and red string to see why this bill got passed.
"What's trending" on tiktok likely had jack all to do with the passage of this bill and, if I had to guess, I'd say that the vast majority of this concern that the CCP will try to sway the upcoming election. At worst it didn't stop it.
I'd also not be especially confident that TikTok won't get a court to stay it for long enough for it to not matter for 2024, so wheeeee
This is low hanging fruit in an election season. You are absolutely right and it’s just gross that it’s becoming another antisemitic conspiracy theory.
@Bam Oh definitely, this could very easily die in the senate. Especially given the Senate's rules and Rand Paul's particular politics.
But if it gets through both the Senate and the Presidency (the latter I'd expect if it passes the Senate), even if they could manage it in an emergency session immediately, I'd very much expect a court to stay the decision for long enough to push it past November.
@hrefna I don’t think it will die, but I do think there’s a really good chance it gets slow rolled with hearings espousing the Chinese influence on Tik Tok. It’s just too easy a punching bag to pass up.
We need real data privacy laws to solve this sort of thing, but why would we do the complicated-right-thing when we can do the easy-authoritarian-thing?
I can see, however, why a group of old policy makers might be looking at the fact that 54% of adults in the US use a product under the direct influence of the CCP to be a problem, irrespective of what political opinions are on the platform.
I don't need "the ADL is controlling the government" misinformation to draw that line.