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  TikTok has created a generation with an attention span of 10 seconds.
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 >
  
  You don’t believe our tech companies lobby congress? Lobbying is one of the top things people complain about on this sub. >
  
  Your just coming up with random ideas you didn't have in your original post to what try to form a straw man argument? 
  Why mention tik tok is a source of left wing content reaching younger voters if not to imply that was the reason for the ban? >
  
  I never implied that. I mentioned it to support my statement that it is more than just dancing. >
  
  That would be a prime example of closing the barn doors after the horses have gotten out. >
  
  Not really. Banning would prevent more potential new users. There is also the option to remove the app from devices; although, I’m not sure they would take such a drastic step. >
  
  There will be a few new users, there will be a few existing users that drop out & delete the app.  But I think its pretty much out there already. >
  
  Why? Are Facebook and Instagram losing advertising and they donate to your campaign? >
  
  We're organizing, outing racists, and disseminating information they don't want us sharing. >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 43%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  Mr. Bennet's call harks back to the Trump administration's effort to bar TikTok and WeChat, another Chinese-owned app, from U.S. app stores in September 2020, a move that met legal resistance and ultimately failed.
  Lawmakers and regulators have increasingly criticized TikTok as it waits for the Biden administration to respond to the company's plan, submitted in August, detailing how it will prevent the Chinese government from having access to data on U.S. users, and how it will offer the U.S. government oversight of the platform.
  More than two dozen states, including several led by Democratic governors, have banned TikTok in some fashion in the past two months.
  
  
  Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: TikTok^#1 ban^#2 government^#3 Chinese^#4 U.S.^#5 >
  
  All of this political outrage pointed exclusively at TikTok is very fishy. I want to know how many lobbying dollars this guy is receiving from Google, Meta, and Microsoft. No concern whatsoever about all the data they’re harvesting from people, but it’s very concerning when TikTok does it. Riiiight. >
  
  People are organizing, outing racists, and sharing information. Sex traffickers are being caught. Police officers are being fired. Of course they are shutting TikTok down. >
  
  The videos are a terrible viewing experience.  I feel like I am watching life through the peephole in my front door. >
  
  Americans terrified by the free market. >
  
  For those that know more about our political system than I do...
  What are the odds of TikTok ACTUALLY getting banned? Not sold to a different company, not heavily regulated, straight up banned?