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Just to make sure everyone has the facts straight: the push for the #tiktokban did not start with #Trump and it didn’t start with coverage of #Palestine, although I’m sure those things added fuel to the fire.
#Zuckerberg started a lobbying campaign to get #TikTok banned in 2021 because it was eating #Meta’s lunch, especially with young people.
The Washington Post covered it in 2022, back when it was still a real newspaper.
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I am sure that Congresscritters not having any understanding of #TikTok or its role in American culture and economy, let alone a handle on how to use it, contributed to this mess.
Honestly I don’t think #Trump understands TikTok that well either, but he has a great sense of what people are angry about and how to exploit that for himself. So he’ll take steps to unban TikTok, whether he’s technically supposed to need an act of Congress or not.
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Will #Trump make sure #TikTok ends up in the hands of #Musk or #Zuckerberg? Maybe, but there’s a good chance he doesn’t, because they need him more than he needs them right now.
He will probably make TikTok enact some moderation and algorithmic changes favorable to him and that will be that.
All this drama and no real national privacy legislation.
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