• AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today
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    8 months ago

    It’s always annoyed me that it’s been commonly referred to as a ban, when it’s actually a forced sale.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      It will be a different product for the consumer, so it’s effectively a Tiktok ban in my eyes…

      You think all my Palestinian and adjacent Tiktokers will still be in my feed once it’s sold?

      • scoobford@lemmy.zip
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        8 months ago

        Probably? There’s a decent amount of people on reddit calling for the dissolution and expulsion of Israel. US based companies rarely censor on the whims of the feds.

    • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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      8 months ago

      It’s actually not even that, at least not yet, the bill text just empowers the FTC to do FTC stuff to the company.