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.

    • bradv
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      18 hours ago

      Because if the US is putting up a firewall then it’s no better than China.

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        17 hours ago

        banning apps from being published in app stores isn’t even close to the same thing as the great firewall.

      • TurtlePower@lemm.ee
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        17 hours ago

        Banning a malicious app controlled by an untrustworthy, totalitarian country is not “putting up a firewall”. Cry more, wumao.