Summary

Donald Trump submitted a Supreme Court filing opposing a TikTok ban, citing his “dealmaking expertise” and promising to resolve national security concerns.

The brief advocates delaying the case to allow Trump to address it politically.

Legal experts criticized the filing for being overly self-promotional and unprecedented, with some mistaking it for satire.

Critics noted its unusual tone and highlighted the involvement of Trump’s potential solicitor general pick, D. John Sauer, in drafting the document.

The case concerns TikTok’s alleged violations of privacy laws and ties to China.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I have said nothing about your intentions. I have no idea why you are suggesting I am. I told you what I said about you and I still stand by it. You are poorly defending a two-tiered system.

    Why you are defending it is not something I care to speculate on.

    And one is above the other if content only goes one way. Because only one group can see content from both platforms. The other can’t. This is some basic logic…

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      2 days ago

      Okay, yeah, your framing at the end there makes sense. I’m not sure how or why our conversation came about that specifically, but yes Chinese citizens are essentially sequestered on Douyin. I don’t know that they are unable to install TikTok, but I kind of assume so.

      I still think the framing of two tiered is an odd way to put it but I at least understand what it is you’re trying to say.

      You can imagine my confusion on what I thought was a pretty innocuous comment touching on something most people don’t know much about that I actually do and was met with some pretty intense responses from you lol.