Maybe, but I don't think so. The US govt is infamously slow and inefficient. I've been following this and it's been a drumbeat that's been growing for years, since long before Israel's latest genocidal push began last October.

If there's any particular reason that it's succeeded now, I'd put it more down to the upcoming election.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Here's US Senator Pete Ricketts saying that we need to ban TikTok because pro-Palestine videos "have more reach than the top 10 US news websites combined"

The reason it's succeeded now is because of Gaza. Crediting the election makes no sense, how does this help anyone's election chances?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

how does this help anyone’s election chances

It doesn't help. It hurts Biden among younger voters. Because he gets the blame for this.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So why are Democrats doing this? This isn't just a Republican thing, it's bipartisan and Biden signed it. Why?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So why are Democrats doing this?

For all the other reasons already listed?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

But only for those other reasons and definitely not because of TikTok being a hotbed of pro-Palestine/anti-Isrsel media content. Can't be that, right? It's just a coincidence. 🙄