How is he being blackmailed by TWO superpowers? China and Russia both have his balls.
What a loser.
Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions and it is unclear how many times the deadline can be extended
Submitted 12 hours ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
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Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
The far right is using TikTok to reach young demographics. Banning it directly contradicts his interests.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Yeah, all of the “vibes are off” jokes aside, TikTok is drastically different after the ban was lifted. I have gotten straight up racist and fascist propaganda on my fyp, and there are a lot of sympathetic comments on those videos. But I never got those videos before, because my algorithm was automatically filtering them out. It’s almost as if the app has been programmed to bypass the algorithm and occasionally show alt-right talking points to everyone, just in the hopes of casting as wide a net as possible.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
How is he being blackmailed by TWO superpowers?
It’s hardly blackmail. He’s benefited immensely from the right wing turn on TikTok. They’ve got a Sword of Damacles over their heads that can drop any time the site turns against him.
He’s extorting them.
einlander@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Maybe he likes cbt.
TheCelticPirate@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
🌮
Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 hours ago
The legal basis is “Trump gets to do whatever the fuck he wants because none of the checks and balances have any balls to check this motherfucker.”
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
none of the checks and balances have any balls
Trump took full control of the DHS and the FBI, staffed it with loyal goons, and is actively arresting/assaulting anyone who stands in his way.
This isn’t a matter of “no balls”, its a matter of Biden handing Trump’s biggest supporters a bunch of money and guns back in 2021 and Trump telling these guys “Shoot all the Bidencrats” the moment he took office.
Dafuq is any judge or legislator supposed to do in a country when ICE can kick down your door?
They fucked up thinking they’d never lose power. Now its too late to politics their way out of the mess.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Not to promote violence, but there’s a particular constitutional amendment that applies in this very specific situation
MrTrono@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The thing is the statute of limitations extends beyond Trump’s presidency and the penalties are levied against the hosting and distributing companies (Oracle, Google, Apple) wouldn’t it be lovely if the next president assuming we get a next president enforced the law and collected the fines from these companies.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 9 hours ago
I mean, sort of, yes, but also no? It’s another tool of power for a tyrannical government to wield, even if it is against companies I dislike.
Zorque@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Haven’t judges been knocking down a bunch of his proclamations? It’s not bulletproof, and it hasn’t been everything, but clearly some things are a bridge too far. At least for now.
ceiphas@feddit.org 1 hour ago
And he and bis goons ignore the judges
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
TACO deadlines are highly flexible.
kokesh@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
🌮 🌮 🌮 I guess there is no legal basis anyway for banning video upload app, just because it is Chinese. Trump is an idiot. And 🐔
Zak@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
There is a legal basis: congress passed a law, the president at the time signed it, TikTok sued, and the Supreme Court unanimously ruled against TikTok. That’s a legal basis by definition.
Perhaps you mean that there is no rational basis. That’s a reasonable position you can argue for.
BossDj@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
In this case, someone would have to sue or otherwise intervene. But that action is radically unpopular. Nobody wants to be that guy.
ech@lemm.ee 8 hours ago
This isn’t TACO, it’s graft.
Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 11 hours ago
There is a legal basis. US can ban Russian Times paper, too.
Kirp123@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Is anyone going to stop him? No? Then he can extend it as many times as he wants.
ech@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
PatrickStar.meme - “Is Money a leg basis?”
WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Tiny Taco Hands makes up the rules as he goes along. He can extend as many times as he wants, who is going to stop him?
Buske@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Loserrrr
roguetrick@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
The legal basis is someone with standing would have to sue him over it. Tiktokm certainly isn’t going to and Congress… Well.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
Y’all, I just got my replacement tooth, so I’m finally off my mechanical diet, and I’ve been waiting months to eat some hard shell TACOS! Some SPICY CHICKEN TACOS!