Wrong, it’s parents obligation to take care of their kids, and set rules and borders.the app needs to be banned kids have become dangerously obsessed
No one disagrees we should thoughtfully approach the Tik Tok issue. It's universally agreed upon to be a problem at this point, at least by most voters. But you're forgetting that politics is the art of achieving a change for your constituents through managing relationships and working together. Trumps's approach here is to just crush any opposition through "Law and Order".
What is his reasoning for banning TikTok?
Stupidity of a old a senile guy with absolutely no clue how to lead a country.What is his reasoning for banning TikTok?
Now name me a country that does not spy, USA is the biggest spy out there.That Tik Tok is spying on American people and relaying that information back to the Chinese government.
that’s another issue. Saying that Trump is doing it only because he’s mad of the alleged interference with his rally is ignorant at best considering that intelligence experts, DNC, GOP, Schumer etc all agree that it’s a serious issue. Now, the approach might be wrong, but the problem is very real.
Stupidity of a old a senile guy with absolutely no clue how to lead a country.
Just because it happens to align with other interests doesn't mean Trump isn't taking this action to retaliate for being embarrassed.
Now name me a country that does not spy, USA is the biggest spy out there.
A new document outlining the potential scope of President Trump's TikTok ban suggests Apple could be forced to remove the short-form video sharing platform from its App Store in China.
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Trump last week signed an executive order that would officially ban any U.S. transactions with TikTok if its Chinese parent ByteDance does not reach a deal to divest it to a U.S. company in 45 days.
According to a White House document sent out to supporters and seen by Reuters, the ban aims to cut off U.S. business transactions, disrupt TikTok's funding, and eliminate its ability to operate within the United States.
The document is believed to have been written the same week as two executive orders signed by Trump that target Chinese businesses, one of which is Tencent, the owner of the massively popular WeChat platform.
The document does not explicitly mention WeChat, but if the Trump administration decides to subject it to the same measures, the consequences for Apple could be huge.
WeChat is heavily relied upon in China as a messaging platform, as an interface for numerous other apps, and to make mobile transactions. WeChat is also widely used around the world and has over 1.2 billion monthly active users.
In a worst-case scenario, Apple's annual global iPhone shipments could decline by 25–30% if it was forced to remove WeChat from its App Stores around the world, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
TikTok could avoid a ban if it agrees sell off its U.S. operations to an American company. Microsoft has publicly confirmed its intention to purchase TikTok in the United States and is currently in discussions with ByteDance. Twitter has also reportedly expressed interest in acquiring the service.
TikTok earlier this week said it intends to sue the Trump administration to keep operating in the US, and claimed the executive order is "based on pure speculation and conjecture."
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Article Link: Trump Administration Considers Global TikTok App Store Ban
Did I miss something or is Trump now the leader of the world?
I don't agree with any censorship. Doesn't matter if it's Winnie Pooh or Angry Orange.
Facebook is spying on Europeans for years now without any consequences. Oh right, USA are "the good ones", while every other state that is not controlled by US is considered "the bad ones".
That's your speculation, there is zero evidence that TikTok even had anything to do with it. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a rumor introduced by China when they saw that the US was going to take serious action.
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Now name me a country that when they find a spy (or a tool to spy) doesn't take action to eliminate it.
It's important to note that it is the American Apple that will be potentially prevented from working with TikTok. If Apple's European corporate headquarters wants to work with TikTok, I don't think anything prevents them from doing that.If Apple is prohibited from working with TikTok and has to cancel their developer account, then TikTok won’t be available in the App Store for any country.
(whether or not that can be done in the first place, I don’t know)
Poor doctors and nurses. What are they going to do now? Dance for Instagram?
Now name me a country that does not spy, USA is the biggest spy out there.
It’s easy to finger point.
What does he fear to get leaked? I see this as an unofficial acknowledgement that the USA government sits around and swipe TikTok movies the whole day, and run it on devices which has confidential informations. Sounds like a trustworthy government.
Chineses don’t need a stupid Social Media App to spy, they surely have better ways. All this is just populism to gain votes by playing the good US patriot. The informations TikTok provides is pure unusable nonsense for the chinese government.
If it's legal for the administration to do this (possibly is), Apple would have to comply as a U.S.-based company. If they incorporated outside the U.S. they wouldn't.
/My comment does not indicate support of this executive action.
It's important to note that it is the American Apple that will be potentially prevented from working with TikTok. If Apple's European corporate headquarters wants to work with TikTok, I don't think anything prevents them from doing that.
its not that US is the good ones. Is that china doesnt give many rights to its population. They are using their data to build AI and spy on what people are doing, while facebook is using it to advertised products
Critical pieces of China’s cutting-edge surveillance state share a connection. They came from America.
Some of the biggest names in U.S. technology have provided components, financing and know-how to China’s multibillion-dollar surveillance industry. The country’s authoritarian government uses those tools to track ethnic minorities, political dissidents and others it sees as a threat to its power—including in Xinjiang, where authorities are creating an all-seeing digital monitoring system that feeds into a network of detention camps for the area’s Muslims.
As most of Apple's revenue comes from outside the US, maybe Apple should change domicile. Especially if No. 45 is elected again.
this is all so stupid. As coronavirus cases surpass 5 million in the US, Trump is banning a silly social network app solely because it is Chinese. Everyone in charge is jingoistic and idiotic, playing to atavistic fears akin to the yellow terror rhetoric that plagued the20th century
Actually, it's 83 days until election - he'll be in office until January. The orange monkey can do a lot more damage in 150+ days :-(Trump may only be in office for another 83 days. Tiki's Toc says that they would take this to the International Courts before taking any action!
THEY ARE LITERALLY COMMITTING GENOCIDE with the Uyghurs in their own country in concentration camps!!
US accounts for about 45% of Apple's revenues...