Posted on 04/28/2024 8:57:16 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
ByteDance, the China-based owner of TikTok, said it doesn't have plans to sell the social media service in the wake of a new law that requires it either to divest ownership of the popular app within 12 months, or face a U.S. ban.
On Thursday, ByteDance posted a message on Toutiao, a Chinese social media service which it owns, refuting reports that the company is considering selling TikTok. Such reports are "untrue," it wrote.
It added, "ByteDance does not have any plans to sell TikTok."
The message comes two-days after President Joe Biden signed the TikTok divest-or-ban measure into law and a day afterTikTok on Thursday vowed to fight the new law in the courts. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said in a video posted to the service that "the facts and the Constitution are on our side." He added that TikTok expects "to prevail again," referring to Montana's failed effort to ban the app, which was blocked in November by a federal judge.
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Think. I’m not gonna dogpile you. Just think.
This can go sideways fast.
Blame ‘Libs of TikTok’ channel lol....once you can see ‘liberals being liberals’ it must be censored!!
Yikes. I VPN from Canada.
Yeah but a long way to go before that will happen. TikTok ban will go through the courts first. Possibly end up at the SCOTUS.
And when young Americans try logging on to TikTok, I hope they're treated with a home screen message blaming Biden specifically.
Keep in mind that Facebook (Meta) and Google (Alphabet) have suppressed facts that favor conservatives while promoting lies that favor the Democrats or the accepted narrative.
And for the record, I oppose the ban.
I got a couple in mind.
Chris Hayes of MSNBC was also blaming TikTok for red pilling young Americans.
People here hate TikTok and, yes, a lot of it is stupid, but TikTok and Twitter support free speech, unlike Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit who are clearly in the tank for the Democrats.
I wonder how many of the VPNs are run by or through the NSA? Well, the CCP and Chinese intelligence probably know witch, so they’ll soon be recommending US users chose a different one.
Because first thing they’re going to do is sue to prevent enforcement. And they’re probably going to win. But even if they do lose with appeals and such you’re talking 5 years at least.
The original TikTok ban was supposed to go in effect in 6 months, just before the election. The Democrats know that it'll piss off a lot of voters but especially the young ones, so they have 9 months, but Biden can extend it for another 3 months.
Witch -> which. The Chinese know witch also, but that’s enough about Hillary for now.
Especially young males. The Deep State is not going to tolerate that. Obviously.
It’s amazing how many people even those on the right have such little respect for the First Amendment.
Blaming TikTok is like blaming the gun.
Classic leftist thinking. Or what passes for “thinking” with those people.
Which is why many Republicans were in favor of the TikTok ban.
I do not consider the GOP as my political party.
I'm going to take a second look at my elected Representatives. If he's a RINO, he's not getting my vote.
Agreed. I’ve been slowly moving over to Twitter/X as there is much more freedom to post real conservative content and opinions without the fear of censorship and suspension unlike Reddit etc.
I so wanna mess with my libtard side ofmy family...but I wont.
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