Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC “talent,” George Slopanopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous. Also a really bad politically correct show tonight, and for years – Disjointed, boring, and very unfair. Why don’t they just give the Oscars to those that deserve them. Maybe that way their audience and TV ratings will come back from the depths. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
President Joe Biden recently committed to signing a bill which bans the use of TikTok in the U.S. if the bill makes it through the House and Senate — just weeks after joining the platform himself via Mediaite.
It has been noted that the Chinese-backed social app is incredibly popular in the United State having 102.3 million active users each month, including the Biden-Harris re-election campaign.
Well, a bill is on its way to the House floor over concerns that the Chinese Communist Party can access user data. It is noted that the president was asked about the bill as he got ready to board Air Force One. On the tarmac a reporter asked, “Do you still support banning TikTok? Would you sign that bill?”
“If they pass it, I will sign it,” the president said.
Alex Witt reported on MSNBC Saturday that the House will take up the measure next week. It would give TikTok’s parent company ByteDance “six months to divest the social media giant or face a U.S. ban.”
NBC News Reporter Gary Grumbach stated that the measure had rare bipartisan support, making it out of committee with a vote of 50-0.
“What this legislation would do is…it would force ByteDance to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese-based company or completely abandon the U.S. entirely. Members of Congress are particularly concerned about the data collection that goes on as it relates to TikTok: what data they are collecting and what they are doing with that information once they have that data.”
Grumbach added, “There’s a not-insignificant number of people whose entire livelihoods are based on what they do on TikTok. Think of comedians, think of chefs, lifestyle influencers. We’re talking millions and millions of dollars that these people make that would absolutely disappear if TikTok goes away in October.”
