Summary
A 19-year-old man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman’s office in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, citing anger over the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a TikTok ban.
The suspect admitted to the arson, which caused no injuries as the building was unoccupied.
The ban, upheld due to national security concerns about TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, has sparked significant public reactions.
Grothman had supported legislation to ban TikTok earlier in 2024.
The that that someone did this, proves these WEBSITES are dangerous to citizens mentality.
Oh, it’s you again.
I think it’s pointless to point out that nobody else is stupid enough to think this, but here I am saying it anyway.
What’s more dangerous to me is the fact that the government is trying to restrict our sources of information. People are PISSED. And should they be setting fire to congressmen’s offices? Nah but there’s a reason people have fled to another Chinese app in protest.
What is that reason because I don’t get it?
Because if the US is putting up a firewall then it’s no better than China.
banning apps from being published in app stores isn’t even close to the same thing as the great firewall.
You just made me realize that TikTok is still available in browser form. What a bunch of fuss over nothing.
Internet has put a lot of effort into being free (except A Shit Pie trying to party ruin it).
Banning a malicious app controlled by an untrustworthy, totalitarian country is not “putting up a firewall”. Cry more, wumao.