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Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Ok who's gonna buy it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Steve Mnuchin.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Long as it aint musk or bezos or gates

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

if this thing is being sold because it's a propaganda and data mining risk, selling it to a cohort of government insiders doesn't make me feel better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If there wasn't a grift in progress they would have banned it in totality instead of banning only if they dont sell.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Pretty sure last time around there were potential buyers. I think Walmart was one of them, and so was Oracle.

I imagine we'll see the same names pop up again.