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[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

why is the bill about DIVESTMENT of Tiktok from Chinese ownership?

"Chinese ownership" == "CCP control"

The US doesn't want a highly addictive app to be controlled by a potentially adversarial regime... which is still way less than China blocking all "potentially uncontrolled" apps.

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