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		tw1984 on March 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chines... 160 million US citizens post/watch those videos on tiktok, tiktok is their platform for expressing themselves, by banning tiktok, they can argue that the government is taking away their platform for expressing themselves. it is all about the rights of US users.

mckn1ght on March 13, 2024 [–]

If they ban the importation of a fruit or vegetable, there are others we can turn to for sustenance.

Nobody is stopping any US citizen from building our own TikTok.

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