A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale.
  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
    101·
    8 months ago

    Good. I only want AMERICAN companies harvesting all my data and programming the population with algorithms! The USA makes the best spyware in the world!

    • AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world
      82·
      8 months ago

      By displaying a new power to regulate the internet that they have sworn was impossible in the past: punishing ISPs for customers’ breaking of the law.

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      8 months ago

      ban tiktok to serve US IPs and if they still do, fine them.

      or have providers block tiktok IPs, but then you can’t fine tiktok, which makes the government sad.

      of course there will be ways around, but most people won’t bother and just waste their time differently