TikTok Ban

[Robot_Man]

The bill to ban TikTok passed both houses of Congress overwhelmingly and was signed into law by Biden. And now they're just not going to do it?



This guy used to call TikTok "an arm of the communists." Now he says they're working to "keep TikTok going." What's the deal?

 

[Merge]

The bill to ban TikTok passed both houses of Congress overwhelmingly and was signed into law by Biden. And now they're just not going to do it?

Biden is washing his hands of the issue because it is very unpopular.
Trump has pledged to save it, so he is kicking the issue over to Trump.

The ban is ridiculous though. I don't think they're afraid of security or privacy because there are many other Chinese apps they are not going after. This seems to be more about having more power over the entities where information is being shared.

 

[NYShoreGuy]

Biden is washing his hands of the issue because it is very unpopular.
Trump has pledged to save it, so he is kicking the issue over to Trump.

The ban is ridiculous though. I don't think they're afraid of security or privacy because there are many other Chinese apps they are not going after. This seems to be more about having more power over the entities where information is being shared.

Tiktok influencers curried favor to gop types and trump campaign this cycle

 

[Merge]

Tiktok influencers curried favor to gop types and trump campaign this cycle

Republicans figured out where people are and found ways to message them. They did a FAR better job than democrats on that front.
Tiktok was part of that for sure.

 

[shu09]

It should be banned unless it is sold to a non-Chinese company.

 

[Robot_Man]

Donald Trump the sage political policy master with this perspicacious insight: TikTok is popular.

Meanwhile you've got the Democrats:

 

[Merge]

It should be banned unless it is sold to a non-Chinese company.

Why?

 

[Merge]

Donald Trump the sage political policy master with this perspicacious insight: TikTok is popular.

Meanwhile you've got the Democrats:

Exactly. It’s not that the republicans were geniuses here, but Dems were just inept. Kind of handicapped because Harris was too transparently fake for social media.

 

[shu09]

Why?

National security threat.

 

[Merge]

National security threat.

They collect the same data every other social media app collects, and they would get pulled from the App Store if there was something in there that could violate rules or potentially laws. They moved the storage of data to oracle mitigating the risk of access of that data from other countries. A text message with a fake link is a much bigger security risk than an app vetted by Apple.

I’d buy the argument that they could potentially show you videos they want you to see and block ones they don’t but if that starts happening, users will be turned off and move away from the app.

Personally I think it’s more that the US government wants the ability to influence content and they don’t have as much leverage to do so with TikTok. They know they’ll have more power if the ownership is in the US.

Plus, there are many other Chinese apps allowed in the US. The fact that we didn’t move to ban them all makes me think it is more about the content than security.

 

[SHUSA]

oh no, think of the influencers!!