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I don't think Biden thinks he needs any excuse/positioning as far as the Chinese are concerned. The real issue is here at home in the US - TikTok is insanely po

I don't think Biden thinks he needs any excuse/positioning as far as the Chinese are concerned. The real issue is here at home in the US - TikTok is insanely popular, and additionally there's a massive amount of overreach in this bill - they want to be able to ban VPN usage etc as well. Biden is not very popular to begin with, and doesn't need to shoot himself in the foot like this. Unfortunately he seems to have talked himself into a bit of a corner.

mrguyorama 4y ago
I was all gung ho with the idea of banning tiktok, I think the national security concern is legit. I really didn't want the PRC to have a finger on the recommendation algorithm for an app that is super popular and is all about getting fed a steady stream of whatever. But this act is not that. I don't support this.