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-down130cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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-square253fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squaredesignatedhacker@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·7 months agoExactly. They really sealed the deal when they sent a push message to get people to call Congress and stop the ban. https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/7/24093308/tiktok-congress-ban-push-notification “TikTok can be used to influence our citizens politically” * TikTok proves it true immediately on a personal level for legislators * “See!” Couldn’t have found a better way to put gas on that fire. You’re supposed to bribe lobby when they start talking shit.
Exactly. They really sealed the deal when they sent a push message to get people to call Congress and stop the ban. https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/7/24093308/tiktok-congress-ban-push-notification
“TikTok can be used to influence our citizens politically” * TikTok proves it true immediately on a personal level for legislators * “See!”
Couldn’t have found a better way to put gas on that fire. You’re supposed to bribe lobby when they start talking shit.