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ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Malign influence. Telling people to participate in democracy isn't a bad thing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes but telling an army of thirteen year olds doing dance videos to call representatives is worthless, if anything it hurts TikToks argument since it proves they’re doing the influencing of Americans that the government wants them not doing

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You missed the entire point. They declared 1) We are not doing anything of that sort, then: 2) they did exactly things of that sort. It's like a slap stick comedy show.