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House close to vote on TikTok bill
The Hill ^ | 03/11/24 | REBECCA KLAR AND JULIA SHAPERO

Posted on 03/11/2024 4:35:44 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The House will vote this week on the bipartisan “Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” under a special rule that waives discussion of the bill and requires a two-thirds majority to pass, according to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) weekly schedule released Monday.

The plan highlights the bipartisan momentum propelling the bill forward fast through the House, even as Trump — the party’s leader and likely presidential nominee — speaks out against it.

The plan highlights the bipartisan momentum propelling the bill forward fast through the House, even as Trump — the party’s leader and likely presidential nominee — speaks out against it.

It advanced with rare unanimous support Thursday out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, just two days after it was introduced by Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the top lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.

It advanced with rare unanimous support Thursday out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, just two days after it was introduced by Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the top lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.

Trump has flipped since his failed efforts to ban TikTok as president, arguing Monday that getting rid of the app would benefit Facebook.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: tiktok; tiktokbill; trump
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1 posted on 03/11/2024 4:35:44 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
The plan highlights the bipartisan momentum propelling the bill forward fast through the House, even as Trump — the party’s leader and likely presidential nominee — speaks out against it.

Say What? Trump was FOR the ban, before he was against the ban?

2 posted on 03/11/2024 4:39:17 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: MinorityRepublican
“Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,”

It should be retitled: "The Mark Zuckerberg Bank Account and Political Contribution to Democrats Preservation Act of 2024." :)

3 posted on 03/11/2024 4:39:26 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Responsibility2nd
Say What? Trump was FOR the ban, before he was against the ban?

Trump was wrong before. He has learned from his mistake. Good for him.

4 posted on 03/11/2024 4:41:28 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

How was he wrong before? Tik Tok is CCP spyware and has been for years.

What’s really going on here? Trump is correct that banning Tik Tok would benefit Facebook. And more to the point, his Truth Social would take some hits.


5 posted on 03/11/2024 4:45:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Harvesting data isn’t really a big issue in USA unlike EU. Meta and Google are all guilty of doing what TikTok is doing.


6 posted on 03/11/2024 4:51:34 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

They may be, but do they send 25 Billion Dollars revenue annually to China?


7 posted on 03/11/2024 4:54:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The main difference is that the Deep State does not have access to TikTok. They can do whatever they want with Meta and Google. But all of the information is in China.


8 posted on 03/11/2024 4:58:00 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Say What? Trump was FOR the ban, before he was against the ban?”

He had a come-to-Jesus meeting with Jeff Yass.


9 posted on 03/11/2024 4:59:35 PM PDT by TexasGator
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“Trump’s TikTok ban reversal comes after meeting megadonor who has [$33 billion] stake in TikTok”

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-tiktok-ban-reversal-after-meeting-megadonor-stake/story?id=108013785


10 posted on 03/11/2024 5:01:58 PM PDT by TexasGator
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u r not supposed to mention that.

so funny watching the pollies now at one with Christopher Wray.


11 posted on 03/11/2024 5:02:14 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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“What’s really going on here? “

Jeff Yass and his $33 billion TikTok investment.


12 posted on 03/11/2024 5:03:28 PM PDT by TexasGator
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Im glad that Trump changed his mind on this. I thought it was pretty stupid when he came out against it.
Congress is against Tik Tok because the FBI isn’t granted a backdoor access to spy on its users like American based social media sites.


13 posted on 03/11/2024 5:04:18 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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Ban this Chinese spy filth that also, conveniently enough for the Chinese, uses an algorithm that harms the minds of American kids.


14 posted on 03/11/2024 5:06:42 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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“Im glad that Trump changed his mind on this. “

Money talks!


15 posted on 03/11/2024 5:07:19 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: escapefromboston

Amazing!

USA Bad

CCP Good

Even Trump


16 posted on 03/11/2024 5:09:01 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: MAGAthon
On November 9, 2023, the European Parliament adopted the EU Data Act, a new regulation providing harmonized rules on access to data, switching cloud providers and interoperability requirements across the EU. It is widely expected that the Data Act will have significant impact on most companies doing business in the EU.

You don't see this law in the U.S.

17 posted on 03/11/2024 5:11:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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thought police, BBC did an entire “Verify” program to scold TT cos it wouldn’t play along on the climate “concensus”:

30 June 2023: BBC: The climate change-denying TikTok post that won’t go away
By Marco Silva & Maryam Ahmed, BBC Verify
Earlier this year, TikTok vowed to clamp down on climate change denial. But a BBC investigation tracked one video that has been viewed millions of times - and found the company is struggling to stop false climate information from spreading across the platform...
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66023797


18 posted on 03/11/2024 5:23:13 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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Don’t use Tik Tok if you don’t like it. I don’t


19 posted on 03/11/2024 5:28:26 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: MAGAthon

The Left is not able to control propaganda on TikTok. But if an American buys TikTok, that will change.


20 posted on 03/11/2024 5:28:28 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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