Xodium (moving, check bio)Mar 28, 2023
Not even putting a CW on this because it's important and everyone needs to see it. Even if you don't like TikTok, please, please do your due diligence and read up on the RESTRICT Act, because that's the bill being pitched as the "ban TikTok" bill, and hoo boy this makes SOPA and PIPA look like child's play. It's bad, and it deserves mass, unanimous rejection. Tell your congressperson. Tell your friends. Tell anyone who will listen. We need to fight this, and hard.
Show threadXodium (moving, check bio)Mar 28, 2023

So many people I've casually observed have seen the news and are onboard with a TikTok ban because they hate it so much, not realizing that this bill has dire, far-reaching consequences that affect more than just TikTok.

Which is why I say: Please, please put your blind hatred aside and realize what's being done here, because this affects so much more than TikTok.

Show threadNate Bowling (نيت بولينج)Mar 30, 2023

@xodium Agreed, an unfortunate aspect of the RESTRICT Act is that it has bipartisan support.

Mr. Warner, Mr. Thune, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Moran, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Collins, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Romney, and Mrs. Capito.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686/text?s=1&r=15

Show threadFuzz (@owenpeery on Twitter)
@natebowling @xodium how much of that bipartisan support would evaporate if we banned ALL surveillance on apps built in ANY country? Idgaf Abt Tik Tok, all apps and companies need to stop gathering our info and selling it, that's a bill I could get behind
Mar 30, 2023 at 3:34pmWeb