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.

  • FiveMacs
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    -71 month ago

    The that that someone did this, proves these WEBSITES are dangerous to citizens mentality.

    • JaggedRobotPubes
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      41 month ago

      I think it’s pointless to point out that nobody else is stupid enough to think this, but here I am saying it anyway.

      • JWBananas
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        1 month ago

        It’s a novelty account. The old one was called BigMacHole. I bet it got banned.

    • @[email protected]
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      -151 month ago

      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.

          • teft
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            101 month ago

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

            • @[email protected]
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              41 month ago

              You just made me realize that TikTok is still available in browser form. What a bunch of fuss over nothing.