TikTok facing ban in the US

[Hanno Labuschagne]

TikTok facing ban in the US

Two US senators called TikTok a Chinese surveillance tool, issuing a bipartisan warning as the Biden administration weighs a deal that could let the video-sharing app keep operating in the US.

“It’s not just the content you upload to TikTok but all the data on your phone, other apps, all your personal information, even facial imagery, even where your eyes are looking on your phone,” Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton said on “Fox News Sunday.”

[Bloomberg]

 

[PaulGherkin]

Oh dear, then you're going to have to ban other apps too.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Oh dear, then you're going to have to ban other apps too.

Americans love this stuff
look what they did to Huawei,

 

[MrGray]

Oh dear, then you're going to have to ban other apps too.

Yup, good plan. Ban all those controlled by the CCP and containing egregious surveillance while simultaneously promoting content to radicalise and/or undermine cultural values. It's toxic.

 

[3WA]

Right decision for wrong reasons. Ban will make Gen Z smarter.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Right decision for wrong reasons. Ban will make Gen Z smarter.

Musk is bringing back Vine.

 

[OhYeah84]

Americans love this stuff
look what they did to Huawei,

Dude, Huawei build back doors into their routers...where there's smoke, there's fire.

 

[OhYeah84]

Good, it's a trash app and site anyways.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Now ban Meta and Twitter and make the world a better place...

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

Now ban Meta and Twitter and make the world a better place - Micheal Jackson

Fixed

 

[Fulcrum29]

Now ban Meta and Twitter and make the world a better place...

 

[prod]

Now ban Meta and Twitter and make the world a better place...

Why stop there? Might as well ban Google too!

 

[Nom Chompsky]

Agreed. Time to end CCP surveillance!

 

[R13...]

Agreed. Time to end CCP surveillance!

I also prefer CIA surveillance.

 

[Grubscrew]

I also prefer CIA surveillance.

At least they appreciate the memes I share with my mates.

 

[rvZA]

I am all for this. Ban tiktok and only allow American apps.

 

[RedViking]

Libtarts gonna have a breakdown.

 

[Nom Chompsky]

I also prefer CIA surveillance.

Big difference being that the CCP are using it for strategic reasons. The CIA might be keeping tabs on American citizens, but that won't lead to IP theft etc. (The CIA won't steal IP from American companies)

 

[Solitude]

Those poor kids.

 

[RedViking]

Those poor kids.

The poor kids' kids.

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