TikTok CEO #ShouZiChew has said the company will take the fight against the new law to the courts, but some experts believe that for the #US#SupremeCourt, national security considerations could outweigh #FreeSpeech protection.
It seems like #tiktok uses #HTTP to distribute its videos. What type of heavy lift might it be to create a #fediverse alternative in the wake of the #tiktokban? Asking for my friends. Please RT.
Top Republican donor and TikTok investor Jeff Yass is connected to over $16m in funding to anti-Muslim and pro-Israel groups that have advocated for a US war with Iran and other militaristic policies in the Middle East, according to an investigation by the Guardian and Responsible Statecraft. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/jeff-yass-anti-muslim-pro-israel-donations
@GottaLaff Yup. And it's why pro-Palestine videos are pushed out of the algorithm. The only reason one of my recent videos on Palestine went viral is because I didn't have a #Palestine hashtag. The purchase and money-driven censorship of media right now (now with additional pressure with the #tiktokban) represents one of the gravest threats to democracy and free speech that I've seen in my lifetime.
The bill that could ban TikTok in the US looks set to be fast-tracked in Congress, with its inclusion in a package of foreign aid bills.
A similar bill already passed the House in a lopsided, bipartisan 352-65 vote in March, but as @NBC reports, it has since been stalled in the Senate.
Now, the House plans to package a slightly revised TikTok bill with billions in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, making it somewhat harder to ignore, and all but guaranteeing the potential ban will be signed into law.
The TikTok ban is part of an effort to protect U.S. corporations against “Chinese competitors that, in some cases, are matching or even out-innovating some of the things that American tech companies are doing.”
Is banning TikTok really about a security risk? Or is it about silencing the voices of young people, who are the predominant users of the platform, and who happen to be overwhelmingly progressive?