On 24 April, US President Joe Biden signed a bill that could result in the ban of TikTok in the US.
The bill was part of a foreign aid package of $95.3 billion dollars’ worth of “security aid” to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, with $15 billion going to Israel for purposes including replenishment of its Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Iron Beam air defense systems.
It is no surprise that a bill furthering US funding for imperialism and genocide should also fortify US imperialism on the digital front. The US political establishment’s opposition to TikTok essentially boils down to fear-mongering about how the app’s parent company, ByteDance, will provide American user data to the Chinese Communist Party and that China would use the app to sway US political elections. ….more
