Um, @markey.senate.gov I think you might want to think about this more carefully. The law may not have been a good idea but the way this is unfolding is worse.
Then why did you vote to ban it in the first place? You should not have, it was and remains a fascist attempt to suppress speech the government dislikes (pro-Palestine speech), but you did. Clearly you didn't care about the 170 million people half a year ago.
Wow. I'm glad you're standing up against that awful vote that *Ed Markey* took. You're a clown and a buffoon, like most Dems. Enjoy watching the Union fall because of your incompetence!
Thanks for making it clear that you're just going to roll over like the rest of the Dems. First you vote for this shit and then you provide political cover to Trump blatantly ignoring the law. Literally the worst of all worlds.
Well, I'm glad you agree that the President can just verbally override a bill that you voted for and passed both houses, signed into law, and supported by the Supreme Court l.
By the way, does this mean that you support the ratification of the ERA as the 28th amendment? I think that'd be helpful.
Senator, I'm one of your constituents and I'm very confused. Why did you vote for the bill? Why is there still a (less than two year old) press release on your website stating that not only is the ban good, but it we need to do more in the name of "Privacy Protections for Children and Teens Online"?
I understand people change their minds, and I'm all for it when there's good reason. And I don't even think the TikTok ban is a good thing. But you could have scored points for your party and the President literally months ago by advocating for a bill to repeal the ban.
This feels more like you're thinking you can get a cheap win by latching on to the current wave of support for TikTok. Too little, too late. I call for you to resign so that a young person with fresh ideas can replace you.
Ahh the old career firefighter who starts fires and then swoops in to save the day. If half of the "170 million creators" had moved their sorry asses to the polls in Nov, we wouldn't be pulling up a chair to watch a 4 year episode of Clown College for Idiots. @therepublicanparty.bsky.social
You voted for the ban. For you to now wax about the import of creator lives shows a level of hypocrisy stained cravenness so typical of your profession.
I Am at your service should you care to contradict my assertions.
Hey dumbass, you voted for the ban. Jesus Christ, no wonder the Democrats can not do anything effective. Resign, retire or just plain leave the Senate.
Probably a few did. Maybe enough to make the difference the difference between 2020 and 2024. Either way, an app that boosts divisive and racist voices isn't giving us something we need.
Congress broke the sound barrier banning tiktok (which you voted for) but refuses to pass a real privacy law or regulate a vast web of super dodgy data brokers that engage in all the same behavior, including selling sensitive U.S. data to foreign intelligence
I want to know why tiktok has become the shiny thing to take your attention away from the reasons his dim bulb followers voted for him in the first place.
I think his question was rhetorical. Dems served as unwitting accomplices to an extortion bill. This will be the new game in our country that’s now under sole republican control: pay homage to dear leader or your company gets dismantled by Congress.
Kinda…there’s a big difference b/t having to work through data broker networks (which can be monitored and exploited) and having direct access to the pockets of half of America.
Both need addressing. Though it had seemed the ability to exploit the networks had been desirable to Congress until now
I truly do not care if a Chinese government connected company owns an app. I do not at all understand the thinking that views that as a bigger threat to anything than X or Facebook are now. I would rather use an app independent of US government pressure given who the government is going to be.
“regulate a vast web of super dodgy data brokers that engage in all the same behavior, including selling sensitive U.S. data to foreign intelligence”
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Do you not understand what is happening here, or do you just not want to understand?
It's not about saving a platform. It's about CONTROLLING information!
If the orange felon and the oligarchs control information, they control voters. That's how we got here- propaganda.
You voted in favor of the current law forcing the sale of Tik Tok by today or banning it in the US. This is a joke position and everyone backpedaling now is a clown.
Maybe those 170 million creators should have used the 9 months since the law was passed to transition to another platform. You're letting the fireman arsonist solve a problem he created (and you helped).
Americans are basically fleeing to actual Chinese apps like Red Note, where they have to agree to being Socialists 😂😂😂
And there they can compare notes with actual Chinese people - So no wonder they regret trying to take away TikTok 😂🤭🤭
The actual answer could be to sponsor a data privacy law rather than play whack-a-mole with the consumer facing product. That would deal with the concerns politicians say they have with TikTok as well as address the problems with Meta, OnStar, Xwitter, etc etc
Except TikTok took down on its own accord blaming Biden then brought back online to praise the Supreme Leader. Never mind that the law never didn’t cover those who already installed it and keep it running. People seem to have lost sight that TikTok shut itself down prior to today.
Not really, sir. Not when Trump gets to dictate such things and claim a 50% stake. If it's not okay for a foreign government to spy on everyone, why is it okay for the U.S. gov't to have the same access?
You voted for the ban. Does this mean you will be helping to spearhead legislation to reverse your now understood mistake?
Or is this bootlicker to get in on the next wave of the PR stunt to distract us from the president being involved in a multi-billion dollar grift this weekend?
so you're advocating for foreign adversaries to bribe US presidents in front of everyone and to flout a US national security law that just passed with a veto-proof majority and was upheld by SCOTUS 9-0? great
I also came here to inform whatever staffer you make monitor this feed that you do, indeed, appear to be a clueless, feckless ass clown for posting this after having voted in favor of the ban.
Ed, let me explain how voting works. If you vote for a ban, that means you want something to go away. If you vote against a ban that means the thing should stay. I hope that helps. If you still don’t understand see if a 3rd grader is available to explain it to you.
"I'm glad I voted for a law I now say is a bad idea. I'm also glad I can show I believe that laws don't matter, and I hope to continue to kiss up to the President, and plan to switch parties soon."
You've handed the last remaining major social media platform over to Trump. You've already lost several future elections once the disinformation infects it all. You've fucked America and the entire world. Fuck you.
“Important”? In what way? Style influences? Cat videos? Recipe videos? Please tell us what is “important” about it that trumps personal and national security?
Which is why you voted to ban it, right? It’s like yall don’t know the internet exists and think your constituents are morons, you utter piece of human shit.
I wouldn't cheer the prospective unilateral action of the Executive to override the legislature. If you really think it should come back, insist that Congress, not POTUS, does it.
So you’re ok with state-run media? If you want to call yourself a Democrat, you must obstruct EVERYTHING Trump wants. I guess the Adderall residue from sucking his asshole has gotten to you and you forgot you helped pass the law you now blithely ignore. Disgraceful is too mild a word.
I support your vote for the ban on data-hoarding apps controlled by foreign adversaries and run by companies with massive generative AI investment. I don't support whatever this is.
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https://bsky.app/profile/shoshana.bsky.social/post/3lg4lgflaic2w
Maybe you should be regulating the company.
Hey quick question! What do YOU recall happening to the last Nazis that rose to power?
Gore Vidal, [mis]quoting Tiberius
Thanks for making it clear that you're just going to roll over like the rest of the Dems. First you vote for this shit and then you provide political cover to Trump blatantly ignoring the law. Literally the worst of all worlds.
If you changed your mind, why didn’t you vote to repeal?
You’re a coward, and a toady, and a waste of taxpayer money.
By the way, does this mean that you support the ratification of the ERA as the 28th amendment? I think that'd be helpful.
Tiktok is a scourge.
Kind sir,
You voted for the ban. For you to now wax about the import of creator lives shows a level of hypocrisy stained cravenness so typical of your profession.
I Am at your service should you care to contradict my assertions.
lmao
lmfao
Sincerely, the rest of the world
TikTok algorithms are what divided the electorate with disinformation. Meta and Russia gave us Trump in 2016. TikTok and China gave him back in 2024.
Why do you think that is?
We are NOT being represented and this will NOT be forgotten.
Both need addressing. Though it had seemed the ability to exploit the networks had been desirable to Congress until now
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It's not about saving a platform. It's about CONTROLLING information!
If the orange felon and the oligarchs control information, they control voters. That's how we got here- propaganda.
And there they can compare notes with actual Chinese people - So no wonder they regret trying to take away TikTok 😂🤭🤭
https://bsky.app/profile/jefftiedrich.bsky.social/post/3lg4hku7zzc2h
You sir, have no principles
Signed - a constituent.
Or is this bootlicker to get in on the next wave of the PR stunt to distract us from the president being involved in a multi-billion dollar grift this weekend?
Stop.
It didn't.
Why are you?
Fixed it for you.
Not on your life.
Go home.
I mean we knew you were dumb. It's the admission that is refreshing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_wealth
If cuckerberg controls it now there’s no way I’ll be caught dead on that right wing dumpster