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Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's not even a ban, though. TikTok will just be owned by a US company instead of a Singaporean owned company. Literally nothing else will change, I hate to break it to you - cringe app will still be used by millions.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

ByteDance has said they won't sell, and the US audience is <15% of their monthly userbase.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

We'll see, I suppose. I'm highly doubtful at the moment.