return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoSenate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing itwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square253fedilinkarrow-up1589arrow-down130
arrow-up1559arrow-down1external-linkSenate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing itwww.theverge.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square253fedilink
minus-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·7 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-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoByteDance has said they won’t sell, and the US audience is <15% of their monthly userbase.
minus-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 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.