The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in TikTok’s case to block a law that bans the app in the United States. The justices didn’t seem convinced.

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    They claim the ban is for national security reasons because China can easily use TikTok to spread propaganda that benefits them.

    Can’t have social media algorithms tweaked to spread propaganda, right Elon?

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      Can’t have foreign social media algorithms tweaked to spread propaganda, right Elon?

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        Foreign media is harder to control with only local laws. For example, VK, which is the Russian version of Facebook, allows spouse abuse.

        That’s fucking illegal, but Russians are pieces of shit that allow that, and passing a law in the US won’t force them to remove that kind of content

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          That’s exactly why it’s different. Why ByteDance is being banned.