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7·6 months agoChina out here planning to exist for another century while the USA actively crumbles because 5 billionaires want to become trillionaires.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/business/trillionaire-net-worth-oxfam-report/index.html
Edit: DISCLAIMER: I do not believe China is the most ethical place in the world. I do believe America is not investing enough in it’s infastructure and people.
4·6 months agoWouldn’t want to impede far right progress!
17·6 months agoI would imagine this is them putting political pressure on Trump to uphold his campaign promise. The uniformed will open the app, see that message, and know where to direct their attention.
“Come on man, just give us an ID linked to your IP address! We won’t use it for anything, I swear! We will also make sure it is kept in the most secure servers!”
“Don’t worry, the government has safeguards against fascism.”
Biden SLAMS Meta!
Please read the article. Is it possible tiktok can/is being used for nefarious purposes? Yes. Is this specific argument, which will set a precedent to be used in future court cases, the way to go about banning the platform? No.
I am seeing a lot of “Good riddance, tiktok bad cause brainrot.” on other tiktok ban posts, so I’ll put this here:
This article from 2024 gives a pretty good rundown as to why using this reasoning to ban Tiktok will set a very bad precedent:
If the govt cared about your data privacy, they would create data collection regulations that they could then use to ban tiktok if/when they violate them.
Article from 2024 which presents why a flat ban of tiktok is an issue.
This seems to be a popular trend for justifying shitty working conditions.
Literally choosing a 74 y/o with cancer over a popular leftist candidate.
https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6160
The decision to step down confused some Republicans, but others suspected the move had something to do with the House GOP Steering Committee not giving her a coveted post on the House Ways and Means Committee, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Spartz, who has had problems with retaining staff, said she’d prefer to “spend more of my time helping” the mission of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which is meant to help cut government spending.
9·7 months ago“It was always my dream to meet Santa Claus, but not like this.”
Maybe, keep in mind that reporting is going off the information they have. It might be deeper than that. Only time will tell.
The above statement is correct until this text is replaced with a surprised pikachu meme.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/19/bernie-sanders-elon-musk-funding-deal
Almost there…
British Wikipedian, Stuart Marshall, made the final ruling in September, decisively supporting the article’s inclusion. “Based on the strength of the arguments … and it’s not close … I discarded the argument that scholars haven’t reached a conclusion on whether the Gaza genocide is really taking place”, Marshall wrote in his decision. “The matter remains contested, but there’s a metric truckload of scholarly sources linked in this discussion that show a clear predominance of academics who say that it is.”
283·8 months agoWho was going to stop him. He got away with inciting Jan 6th. What are they going to do?
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