Peter Kafka

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(I’d also argue that the WeChat and TikTok bans don’t have anything to do with national security, and everything to do with election year politics - and, in the case of TikTok, blatant cronyism and shakedowns. But I’m not a judge.) Full story here: https://t.co/vnQKrTQayS — PolitiTweet.org

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2) China and Chinese-owned apps may be a real concern for national security. But the US hasn’t proved that shuttering them completely is the right approach. https://t.co/WigTxcuBOb — PolitiTweet.org

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Two key bits from US District Court Judge Laurel Beeler’s ruling against Trump’s WeChat ban: 1) Shutting down WeChat in the US is a First Amendment issue bc WeChat is a crucial “public square” for its users. https://t.co/VI3nWUDCTA — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @voxdotcom: Breaking: A US judge has blocked Trump’s plan to ban WeChat https://t.co/keha6aimpO — PolitiTweet.org

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Federal judge pauses Trump’s WeChat ban set to go into effect tonight. https://t.co/MColkue9U9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Sometimes Donald Trump says one thing but then he does something else. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DylanByers Needed a laugh today https://t.co/ZBNyUwzVvY — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @peterrojas: Sure, CGI has come a long way, but it was still cheaper for Christopher Nolan to, you know, just crash a real 747 into a ha… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TimothyNoah1: Reading Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s obit, I discover a personal debt. Ginsburg won a 1975 case that gave widowers the same Soci… — PolitiTweet.org

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Someone gets to write an explainer about peering and interconnections and CDNs and the rest of us internet infrastructure today. Good luck, have fun! — PolitiTweet.org

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@peterlattman @JeffreyGoldberg That Frum one on sliding into autocracy is such a well-written bummer. — PolitiTweet.org

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Again, confusing, because Trump. And also the headline of the release says they are banning "transactions" - which understandably makes people think you can't send $ or buy things on WeChat. But that's not what the decree says, and it's not what Wilbur Ross says. — PolitiTweet.org

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To be clear: I don't know how/if a Comcast/Verizon/etc would be able to turn off WeChat on their networks. But that's the intent of this. — PolitiTweet.org

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Going to keep repeating this: This language (supposedly) means that WeChat won't work at all, in the U.S., because US internet providers won't be allowed to work with WeChat. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bxchen Hi Brian. It's not just the updates: The decree prevents any part of the US internet infrastructure from working with WeChat. It's a full ban (though I don't know how they actually enforce it). https://t.co/dMyH4sKEOA — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheReal_BingLai No, it's not supposed to be functional. https://t.co/dMyH4sKEOA — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @voxdotcom: BREAKING: President Trump is shutting down Chinese mobile chat app WeChat in the US, effective this Sunday. The administrat… — PolitiTweet.org

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Made this tweet a story: https://t.co/qTEchsogpy — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/nvKzg1tcbQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Not surprising, because it's Trump, but there's confusion about the coming WeChat ban. But per press release and Wilbur Ross, the idea is to shut WeChat completely in the U.S. — not just transactions. They're literally trying to remove it from the U.S. internet. https://t.co/ZBuK8cKdMy — PolitiTweet.org

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@kenli729 But WeChat is basically getting banned. — PolitiTweet.org

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@richontech It's not getting banned on Sunday. — PolitiTweet.org

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WeChat: Enormously popular with Chinese-Americans. Owned by Chinese company. Will be crippled in US Sunday night. TikTok: Enormously popular with Americans including some Trump voters. Owned by Chinese company, trying to do deal w/Trump supporters. Will be OK through election. — PolitiTweet.org

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@felixsalmon It is certainly meant to effectively shut it down, per Ross and also the order. https://t.co/xpP9trTnmV — PolitiTweet.org

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And people who use WeChat can’t use WeChat as of Monday. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AlKapDC: A new Pew poll found that "roughly four-in-ten Republicans who have heard of QAnon (41%) say it is a good thing for the countr… — PolitiTweet.org

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The defendants here are the President of the United States and the man he put in charge of the Postal Service. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fed judge: "The defendants are involved in a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service... this attack on the Postal Service is likely to irreparably harm the states’ ability to administer the 2020 general election." https://t.co/muFwNrjSuw — PolitiTweet.org

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Also in this episode: @gruber and I speculate about the size of @reckless and @JoannaStern's wrists. — PolitiTweet.org

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