Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Friday, March 8th, 2024. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Did Tik-Tock overplay its hand yesterday? The potential legislation against them is suddenly moving quickly.

How Temu might be single-handedly responsible for the tech advertising turnaround,

more drama behind the whole Sam Altman-Ouster business, and of course the weekend long read suggestions.

Here's what you missed today in the world of Tech.

So remember when I told you that somehow some sort of

Tik-Tok ban was back on the menu. Apparently Tik-Tok heard about this

because they sent US users a push notification yesterday saying

Congress plans a total ban of the app with a link to find out who your

representatives are that led to well quoting Axios.

Members of Congress are being flooded with calls from angry constituents after

Tik-Toc launched a new campaign warning its users that the Chinese owned app was

at the risk of being shut down in the US.

A key House Committee voted unanimously Thursday to advance bipartisan legislation that would

force Bight Dance, Tic-Tox Chinese Parent Company, to divest its ownership of the app within 165 days.

The highly unusual 50 to zero vote in the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which unveiled

the bill two days ago alongside the China Select Committee,

reflected the level of anger among some members about Tik-Tok's pressure campaign.

The flood of calls to congressional offices, which began Wednesday night, was triggered by a notice on the

Tik-Tok app warning users of a total ban that would quote damage millions of

businesses destroy the livelihoods of countless creators across the country and deny

artists and audience."

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