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[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

These headlines continue to be misleading.

The objective is not (explicitly) to "ban TikTok" but to remove ~~China's~~ "a "foreign adversary"'s control over the most widely used / misused social media app. Congress wants ByteDance to sell the service. Even the most ardent TikTok users should be in support of this bill.

Meanwhile, it's being reported that the app is prompting users to call their representatives. Some offices have reported that their phones are literally ringing off the hook in some districts preventing people with more legitimate concerns to be left unheard.

I'd like to know if the same people calling their representatives about banning TikTok are also calling them about banning books.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thing is that TikTok is a company registered in Singapore.

[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.

TikTok Ltd owns four entities that are based respectively in the United States, Australia (which also runs the New Zealand business), United Kingdom (also owns subsidiaries in the European Union), and Singapore (owns operations in Southeast Asia and India).