@return2ozma to TechnologyEnglish • 9 months agoSenate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing itwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square244arrow-up1589arrow-down130cross-posted to: news
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minus-squareAmbiguousPropslinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoIt’s not even a ban, though. TikTok will just be owned by a US company instead of a Singaporean owned company. Literally nothing else will change, I hate to break it to you - cringe app will still be used by millions.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•9 months agoByteDance has said they won’t sell, and the US audience is <15% of their monthly userbase.
minus-squareAmbiguousPropslinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoWe’ll see, I suppose. I’m highly doubtful at the moment.
It’s not even a ban, though. TikTok will just be owned by a US company instead of a Singaporean owned company. Literally nothing else will change, I hate to break it to you - cringe app will still be used by millions.
ByteDance has said they won’t sell, and the US audience is <15% of their monthly userbase.
We’ll see, I suppose. I’m highly doubtful at the moment.