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The state can pass whatever legislation it wants; we've seen convincingly that constitutional restraints are not substantially motivating (although the stronges
by jMyles 3y ago
The state can pass whatever legislation it wants; we've seen convincingly that constitutional restraints are not substantially motivating (although the strongest evidence for this in the current week is not this bill, but the legislation surrounding the ongoing surveillance regime(s)).
But the bigger question is the literal one you've asked: how the federal government can just ban TikTok?
What makes the government think that they can stop packets at some arbitrary line in the sand, when every indication in the history of the internet shows the opposite?
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoThey aren’t going to stop packets. They are going to prevent TikTok from doing business in the US. No apps in the App Store, no ads from American companies, etc. no money from American customers.
- jMyles 3y ago...but doesn't this just seem completely delusional? They were unable to stop drug cartels. And drug cartels need a highly centralized and sophisticated organization, and need to ship a physical product across a border.
- echoangle 3y agoJust blocking them from the iOS AppStore would probably drop users by 50%, and that’s pretty easy to do.