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Trump Plans to Ban TikTok From the U.S.
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Y’all should try “vineyard - compilations” on the App Store instead, it is kinda similar to tiktok
Can’t wait for the NBA and Steve Kerr to chime in how banning TikTok is such an unfair and inhumane move for the people of China.
We as Americans have long had the opportunity to choose our level of privacy in the apps we choose to use. If it isn’t classified information I think this should continue to be the case. Locking down software and services because they come from another country is the start of building the Great Firewall of the US. It sets a really bad precedent.
Trump can ban TikTok if Twitter bans Trump. A fair trade.
Apple is a business in the USA and also controlled by china. Ban apple
If you equate power to having a stack of Executive Order forms and a box of pens to keep signing them, then yes...he's powerful. A truly 1-man government.
A policy is not wrong just because it's done by someone you dislike...
Unless you believe that the Chinese government does not use its deep rooted technology companies for influence and potential undermining of political adversaries...
CCP is going all out to REALLY meddle with our elections. Of course, you won’t hear this from the media.
Wonderful. Those commies have gotten away with too much.
A policy is also not right just because it is done by someone you like. The question here is not about who did it, rather it is about what is the evidence to justify it.
What you mentioned here is exactly the problem I am talking about. I do not think policy should be based on whether or not you "believe" something may happen. Policy should be based on evidence. If there is evidence that TikTok violates US law, deal with them accordingly based on US law. Banning them just because of your belief is exactly the problem I am talking about.
Agree with you - except that the TTP is bad for everyone except large corporations - many in EU were also against the text - the negotiations for which were completely undemocratic - being made in secrecy and only brought to light through sources like WikiLeaks
If Trump doesn’t care about Russian bounties on US soldiers he sure as hell doesn’t care about TickTok collecting user data.
He’s pissed because a bunch of TickTok tweens and Kpop fans ruined his Tulsa rally
He’s pissed because a bunch of TickTok tweens and Kpop fans ruined his Tulsa rally
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The US government was already looking into TikTok:
TikTok on the Clock: A Summary of CFIUS’s Investigation into ByteDance | Trustee China Hand | CSIS
As quarantine has put normal life on pause, TikTok, the short-video social platform from China, has exploded in popularity and influence in the United States and around the world.
Yep - all foreign policy is made by Trump and the administration can only look into one thing at a time.
I dislike Trump, but the media reporting on everything is incridbly bad - and the publics understanding even worse. To wit (wikipedia)
The National Security Agency (NSA) has "strongly dissented" from the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency assessments that the bounty plot is credible and real.
On June 29, 2020 [..] To date, DOD has no corroborating evidence to validate the recent allegations found in open-source reports.
According to the New York Times, on 1 July, the National Intelligence Council, which reports to the director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, produced a two-and-a-half page document in which various intelligence agencies assessed the credibility of the existence of a bounty program based on the available evidence. Anonymous officials who had seen the memo said that the "C.I.A. and the National Counterterrorism Center had assessed with medium confidence—meaning credibly sourced and plausible, but falling short of near certainty"—that the GRU had offered bounties. Other parts of the intelligence community, including the National Security Agency, said they "did not have information to support that conclusion at the same level", and so had lower confidence in the conclusion
And of course - on the other hand - TicToc was already under congressional investigation in 2019 - before the rally:
Exclusive: U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok - sources
By Greg Roumeliotis, Yingzhi Yang, Echo Wang and Alexandra Alper
But nuance is lost in the fray to get Trump out of office.
Tik Tok users crashed his rally. He bans their platform.
China needs to demonstrate that they are good global player and then they can be in foreign countries. I do think if there is evidence that they are being nefarious about what they are collecting on Americans, then yes we should ban Chinese companies.
And I would expect the same for US companies in foreign countries.
China needs to demonstrate that they are good global player and then they can be in foreign countries. I do think if there is evidence that they are being nefarious about what they are collecting on Americans, then yes we should ban Chinese companies.
And I would expect the same for US companies in foreign countries.
The US government was already looking into TikTok:
TikTok on the Clock: A Summary of CFIUS’s Investigation into ByteDance | Trustee China Hand | CSIS
As quarantine has put normal life on pause, TikTok, the short-video social platform from China, has exploded in popularity and influence in the United States and around the world.www.csis.org
Thanks for linking that. I am aware of the investigation. If through investigation, the US government finds credible evidence that TikTok indeed violates US law, I would fully support punitive action against TikTok. What I am against is banning an app based on belief or speculation.
I disagree. If they are collecting and spying on Americans to gather information that they can use nefariously then ban the app.
I think there needs to be careful consideration about the burden of proof. If Chinese government accuses a US company of illegal activity, Chinese government should bear the burden of showing the evidence. It should not be the accused US company's responsibility to prove its innocence.
There also needs to be careful consideration about associating country of origin and a company. US government's spying program all over the world is well known. Nonetheless, I do not think it is fair to use that as an excuse to ban a US company.
As much as I dislike him, I think this is a good move.
You obviously do not read. You just make a blanket statement.