"The TikTok bill can ban apps with as few as one million monthly users, which is roughly the size of tiny apps like Mastodon."
Remember folks, if the TikTok ban passes, it's the Democrats who will have enabled it for the next president
https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-bill-could-get-lot-apps-banned-1851337755
@ophiocephalic yeah this exactly my thought -- let the current administration ban tiktok, and if the fascists take over next term, they get to ban anything and everything they want. just can't afford to let that happen.
also in terms of foreign influence, we should be a lot more worried about russia.
@rothko
Yes. Here are the Democrats enthusiastically passing authoritarian censorship bills at this very moment - rather than, say, moving heaven and earth for reproductive rights
@ophiocephalic SO MUCH THIS.
@ophiocephalic @rothko which also makes it even more likely that explicit fascists *will* take over next term bc Dems keep ignoring and alienating their voter base I hate it here
@raphaelmorgan @rothko
Yep, you're right, this will repel whoever is left among the Democrat youth vote. It seems that they think they can win without their traditional constituencies this time