holo_nexus@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 6 months agoHouse Moves Toward Bundling TikTok Bill With Aid to Ukraine and Israelwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkHouse Moves Toward Bundling TikTok Bill With Aid to Ukraine and Israelwww.nytimes.comholo_nexus@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale.
minus-squareThorny_Insight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoPackage a TikTok bill along with aid for Ukraine, Israel AND Taiwan? Even lumping the aid bills together for 3 different countries is odd but the hell does TikTok now have to do with any of it? This is a weird system you guys got there.
minus-squareButtons@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months ago the hell does TikTok now have to do with any of it? Military spending bills will benefit the military industrial complex, and banning TikTok will benefit the military industrial complex.
Package a TikTok bill along with aid for Ukraine, Israel AND Taiwan? Even lumping the aid bills together for 3 different countries is odd but the hell does TikTok now have to do with any of it? This is a weird system you guys got there.
Military spending bills will benefit the military industrial complex, and banning TikTok will benefit the military industrial complex.