via WSJ:
TikTok has enlisted three heavyweights from American politics and business to advise it behind the scenes as the social-media app tries to convince U.S. authorities that it isn’t beholden to the Chinese government.
David Plouffe and Jim Messina, veterans of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns, and Zenia Mucha, the former longtime communications chief of Walt Disney Co., DIS 1.27%increase; green up pointing triangle are advising TikTok in its fight against efforts to ban it in the U.S, according to people familiar with their roles.
All three helped coach TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew for more than a month ahead of what turned out to be a contentious U.S. House hearing last week, the people said.
In hiring the trio of U.S. advisers, TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., is turning to people who made their name selling the world some of the most prominent American brands: Barack Obama and Disney.
Looks to me like they just bought protection.
Be about right.
That RESTRICT Act, or whatever it’s called, won’t ban TikTok as promised, just American conservative voices, in the end.
I’m sure Romney et al. will continue to support it, nonetheless.
Here are the GOPE consponsors of this fascist monstrosity. They are McConnell’s most corrupt loyalists.
Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Republican voters take note. You are voting for tyranny.
The bill to ban TikTok is absolutely terrifying. It gives the government the ability to go after anyone they deem as a national security risk at which point they can access everything from their computer to video games to their ring light.
This is a Patriot Act for the internet. pic.twitter.com/uYea49F1b1
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 28, 2023
h/t Mike