KOSA and other Bad Internet Bills (US-specific for now)

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Biden’s TikTok Flip-Flop: President Rushes To Undo Ban He Championed As Backlash Grows (www.techdirt.com)

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

So, now both of these Presidents, who have both tried to ban TikTok, are suddenly both claiming they want to save TikTok just as the Supreme Court seems poised to likely allow the ban to go through… and meanwhile the kids on TikTok start embracing even crazier apps from China.

All day yesterday, you could hear various politicians in DC seemingly freak out as they watched kids eagerly embrace other Chinese apps while mocking the TikTok ban. And now it appears that the two Presidents, both of whom insisted on banning the app, are (way too late) realizing just how disconnected from kids this makes them look.

All of this continues to make the political class look like a bunch of absolute dipshits who have no clue what they’re doing.

I've never agreed more with the conclusion of an article...