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Wed. 04/24 – What Now For TikTok?

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🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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The TikTok divestment bill has probably already been signed into law. What happens now? What are the legal arguments that this thing can stick? What about things like, you know, the First Amendment? Also, ads in Windows? Time to take Meta’s RayBan smartglasses seriously? And what it’s like to use AI inside of Instagram. Links: Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to President Biden’s desk (The Verge) TikTok Ban Looms With Biden Poised to Start 270-Day Countdown (Bloomberg) How the TikTok ban could survive a court challenge (Platformer) Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone (The Verge) The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses get video calling, Apple Music, and a new style (The Verge) Meta’s A.I. Assistant Is Fun to Use, but It Can’t Be Trusted (NYTimes) "First Ones" YouTube Videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Wednesday, April 24th,

0:07.0

2024. I'm Brian McCullough today. The Tik-Toc

0:09.7

Investment Bill has probably already been signed into law so what happens now?

0:13.8

What are the legal arguments that this thing can stick?

0:16.7

What about things like you know the First Amendment?

0:19.4

Also ads and windows.

0:21.0

Time to take Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses,

0:23.2

seriously, question mark, and what it's like to use AI

0:26.4

inside of, say, Instagram.

0:28.6

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

0:34.0

It is done.

0:35.0

The United States Senate has passed the Tik-Tok divestment bill by a margin of 79 to 18.

0:42.0

The legislation now heads to President Biden who has committed to sign

0:45.1

the bill into law, which he probably has done by the time you hear this.

0:48.8

Quoting the verge, once signed by the President, Bightance would have up to a year to complete a sale of

0:55.4

Tik-Toc or face an effective ban for the platform in the US. The bill gives

0:59.5

Bight Dance an initial nine months and gives the president discretion to extend it another three

1:04.7

should there be progress toward a deal. Still legal challenges could possibly delay enforcement.

1:09.7

Congress is not acting to punish bite dance,

1:12.5

Tik-Tock, or any other individual company.

1:15.6

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell

1:18.3

said on the Senate floor ahead of the vote.

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