And they’re already kissing Trump’s ass

  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    21 days ago

    And now Trump gets to be the one who saved TikTok, despite starting the process.

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      21 days ago

      It’s an own-goal for Biden - an unpopular law that starts being enforced the day before Trump gets to stop enforcing it.

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        No one is enforcing it, it’s a play by TikTok. TikTok did it voluntarily. The server is still there, my wife logged in and saw the notice.

        It’s just theater.

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          No one is enforcing it, it’s a play by TikTok. TikTok did it voluntarily

          Yup. In fact, Biden had specifically said he will not enforce the ban.

          Which, incidentally…might be the same thing Trump does to “unban TikTok” once he takes office. Which is bizarre, on both sides. Like…that’s literally not legal for a president to do. They can’t legally just ignore an Act of Congress.

          Not that the law matters in America anymore. The Supreme Court has pretty definitively seen to that.

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            21 days ago

            enforcement is up to the ag, so yea. they could just ‘ignore’ the law.

            the only thing the ‘president’ can do is extend the deadline by 90 days given evidence that the company is closing-in on a deal.

            with scotus out of the way, ruling in favor of trump’s initial desires, and that which subsequently passed through congress; it is now up to congress to undo the legislation if they so choose.

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              enforcement is up to the ag, so yea. they could just ‘ignore’ the law.

              In practice, there’s no real mechanism to force it (especially if Congress is unwilling to impeach & convict). But legally speaking, the Take Care clause of the constitution obligates the President (through his executive) to enforce all laws passed by Congress. Ignoring it would be unconstitutional.

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                20 days ago

                When has trump ever cared about the constution?

                You’re talking about the guy who wants to end birthright citizenship.

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                LOL WTF does he care about the constitution? He’s a fucking felon. And clearly no one in government cares about the constitution either.

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              Not sure that is true though. When I read the law it specifies that the President can choose to block ANY foreign owned social media site that they (as in the president) deems a national security threat. So Trump could in theory say ban RedNote tomorrow and it legally would have to be done. That said… he may be able to just say “bytedance is not considered a national security threat at this time” and that may be enough to let TikTok continue to be in the U.S.

              I’d have to read it again to confirm

              Edit: nah ByteDance got targeted hard, no dodging that.


              DIVISION H-- PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT

              Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

              (Sec. 2) This division prohibits distributing, maintaining, updating, or providing internet hosting services for a foreign adversary controlled application (e.g., TikTok). However, the prohibition does not apply to a covered application that executes a qualified divestiture as determined by the President.

              Under the division, a foreign adversary controlled application is an application directly or indirectly operated by (1) ByteDance, Ltd., TikTok, their subsidiaries, successors, related entities they control, or entities controlled by a foreign adversary country; or (2) a social media company that is controlled by a foreign adversary country and determined by the President to present a significant threat to national security. (Here, a social media company excludes any website or application primarily used to post product reviews, business reviews, or travel information and reviews.)