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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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[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago (3 children)

This has been discussed way longer than 10/7/2023.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What happened on July 10th, 2023?

Obligatory XKCD

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah yeah. I deserve that but to be fair the OP story (not the comment I replied to) is about what's happening in the US!

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

And to be fair, our timestamps suck.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Zero arguments there!

[–] NoLifeGaming@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

True, I remember talks about it being acquired by a US company but I think this really pushed it over the edge for them

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

but curiously now is when it was acted on.