North American politics don’t work like that. We all know there are gigantics gaps in the reasoning behind everything. Domestic companies do the same damn thing, but a part of that money has already gone into someone’s pocket, because lobbying is a huge part of the decision making process
Comment on House panel unanimously approves bill that could ban TikTok
dzaffaires@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Let’s ban one app instead of making laws that govern personal data for everyone.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
It’s only bad if other countries are doing it.
bassomitron@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Not to mention this does nothing. ByteDance could easily just stand up a shell company with a puppet in another country and have it become the owner. Our lawmakers and regulators are fucking morons.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They aren’t. They’re just well paid. Meta and Alphabet don’t want competition.