Being banned in america. Shou zi chew released a video on tiktok threatening legal action and warning that if the bill becomes law it will mean the end of tiktok for its 170 million users in the us. Heres some of that video. Hi, everyone, its shou here. Just wanted to share some thoughts with our us users on the disappointing vote in the house of representatives. There has been a lot of misinformation and i hope to clarify some things. First, thank you to all of our incredible community, you are what makes tiktok so special. Thank you for making your voices heard. Over the last few years, we have invested to keep your data safe and our platform free from outside manipulation. We have committed that we will continue to do so. This legislation, if signed into law, will lead to a Ban On Tiktok in the United States. Even the bill sponsers admit that is their goal. This bill gives more power to a handful of other social media companies. It will also take billions of dollars out of the pocke
Between here and there. The bill faces an uncertain future in the senate. The Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer has been noncommittal about whether he will bring it up for a vote. Some senators have already vowed to vote against it. If it does move through the senate, joe biden has said he will sign it. Proponents of the bill argue tiktok is a National Security threat and the apps 170 million us users are vulnerable to data theft by the Chinese Government. The priority is National Security and chinese access to millions of american s minds. Thats what the primary issue is. There are trade offs with that though. The former President Donald Trump used to back the idea but he changed his tune, saying while it poses a security and privacy concern, banning the app would be a boon for facebook. Which he called an enemy of the people. With that, a National Security, free speech and youth issue also becomes a campaign issue. Protesters took to capitol hill on wednesday in support of tiktok.
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Between here and there. If faces an uncertain future in the senate. The majority leader Chuck Schumer has been noncommittal about whether he will bring it up forever. Fora for a vote. Some senators have already vowed to vote against it. If it does move through the senate, joe biden has said he will sign it. Opponents of the bill argue tiktok is a National Security threat and the apps 170 million us users are vulnerable to data theft by the Chinese Government. The priority is National Security and chinese access to millions of american s minds. Thats what the primary issue is. There are trade offs with that though. The former President Donald Trump used to back the idea but he changed his tune, saying while it poses a security and privacy concern, banning the app would be a boon for facebook. Which he called an enemy of the people. With that, a National Security, free speech and youth issue also becomes a campaign issue. Protesters took to capitol hill on wednesday in support of tiktok.
propellant to deal with. nasa has been working with that since the 1960s, since the original moon programme. i m sure they will fix it, it is a question of time, and asjonathan said, it is a big, complicated system, it really is the biggest rocket that nasa or anyone has ever built, so there are a lot of things to get right. but, you know, nasa is probably the organisation to do it, but it will take some time. some people will say, they have had 50 years. it was quite a while since we last went to the moon, we have done this before, why all the publicity and the fanfare and it still not be working properly? well, that is a really good point. first time for a human mission round the moon since 1972. has the technology really advanced since then? fundamentally, no, perhaps except that the capsule is a bit larger and the electronics are modern, but they are still using, for example, incredibly outdated and environmentally unsound rocket boosters, they are still having difficulti