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  You don’t believe our tech companies lobby congress? Lobbying is one of the top things people complain about on this sub.
context: Retitled: Because the congress can't even align their balls on the national security to pass the legislation, a senator goes out of the way begging big corps, which are making a large by hosting those apps. >
  
  Add Twitter and Facebook to that list too please. It would be great to have a untethered VR peripheral not locked behind Facebook. >
  
  Just deleted it. Felt like I was disappointing China with my underwhelming life. >
  
  I’ve deleted a lot of my social media apps but I disagree with banning in general. Why not write legislation that regulates apps and protects users privacy. Rather than de platform an entire social media network. I know why but goddamn.
  The way people are so willing to ban tiktok without fully understanding it reminds me of the heavy metal satanic panic and fear of rap music in the 80-90s. Tiktok isn’t just dancing. It’s also a source of left wing political content reaching a younger audience. >
  
  You seriously see this as a republican conspiracy to remove the lefts influence? >
  
  No. I think it’s more motivated to eliminate competition with meta and google. Otherwise the goal would be to protect our privacy on all platforms rather than just tiktok. >
  
  So your last sentence was just inflammatory you don't really believe it