That sounds so familiar for some reason...
Oh, yeah, I heard that before in a pirate movie!
That can't be constitutional.
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Trump Signs Executive Orders to Ban US Transactions With Chinese Companies ByteDance and Tencent
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That sounds so familiar for some reason...
Oh, yeah, I heard that before in a pirate movie!
That can't be constitutional.
Trump should have done this long ago honestly. China bans many applications and US citizens from investing in China. Why shouldn’t we do the same?
Trump should ban all Chinese from China from buying real estate in the US also
Could you link where Trump said that or is it your personal opinion ?
This is all excellent cover for the companies that WANT to ban their end users from installing these apps on their phones, but don't want to upset their Chinese financers.
Several US tech companies have announced or implemented bans on multiple Chines apps on devices issued to employees or BYOD employees on company networks. India has implemented a ban as well. Several companies have reversed their ban, as the optics were poor and employees complained.
So, it's obvious something is rotten in China (duh) and these apps are being used as a way for China to execute espionage actions on US corporate and government entities. China has a long and proven history of theft of intellectual property and spying on other countries (not just the US). It's just that up until now, no one has held them to task for it.
Trump is wildly unpopular in tech circles. The leaders of these tech companies know this. They know that any ban implemented by the Trump administration is to their benefit in the end. They are happy to go along with the charade.
If Trump seeks to implement a ban. The story is no longer about how US based big tech companies are defying their Chinese paymasters and angering their employee base.
The story is all about Trump now. About executive power, and how right or wrong it is that the President can wield such authority with the stroke of a pen.
And with that, folks. You've been effectively diverted from the real story.
Several US tech companies have announced or implemented bans on multiple Chines apps on devices issued to employees or BYOD employees on company networks. India has implemented a ban as well. Several companies have reversed their ban, as the optics were poor and employees complained.
So, it's obvious something is rotten in China (duh) and these apps are being used as a way for China to execute espionage actions on US corporate and government entities. China has a long and proven history of theft of intellectual property and spying on other countries (not just the US). It's just that up until now, no one has held them to task for it.
Trump is wildly unpopular in tech circles. The leaders of these tech companies know this. They know that any ban implemented by the Trump administration is to their benefit in the end. They are happy to go along with the charade.
If Trump seeks to implement a ban. The story is no longer about how US based big tech companies are defying their Chinese paymasters and angering their employee base.
The story is all about Trump now. About executive power, and how right or wrong it is that the President can wield such authority with the stroke of a pen.
And with that, folks. You've been effectively diverted from the real story.
Anyone knows if Discord is affected by this policy? |
I Wonder with what would happened with Tencent based funds services.
I Wonder with what would happened with Tencent based funds services.
Could you please link the studies where it shows that children are suffering permanent brain damage from Covid-19.
This is so stupid. It’s just a distraction from the actual terror trump is bringing to the world, and we’re falling for it. Let me live and watch funny videos.
update: TikTok responds.
“TikTok has never shared user data with the Chinese government, nor censored content at its request”
“For nearly a year, we have sought to engage with the US government in good faith to provide a constructive solution to the concerns that have been expressed.What we encountered instead was that the Administration paid no attention to facts, dictated terms of an agreement without going through standard legal processes, and tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses.”
update: TikTok responds.
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“TikTok has never shared user data with the Chinese government, nor censored content at its request”
“For nearly a year, we have sought to engage with the US government in good faith to provide a constructive solution to the concerns that have been expressed.What we encountered instead was that the Administration paid no attention to facts, dictated terms of an agreement without going through standard legal processes, and tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses.”
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As a gay man why would I care if my information is in China or Russia. I know already these are not safe places to visit in much the same way I would not feel safe visiting the USA just now. My fiancé is trans, we are not going for a holiday to Iraq ether.
1,000+ Americans are dying everyday due to COVID-19 and Trump uses his presidential power to ban TikTok.
I understand you guys in China don't like Trump banning Tik Tok yet your government bans Facebook, Google and Twitter, censor human right and democracy activists.
It's pretty astounding you take that view, frankly.
Why should you care if the Russian or Chinese government has your information? Gee, I don't know, maybe because of this, which is from just 20 days ago. But by all means, feel free to visit.
Trump is terrible, but I agree with him on this one issue. China can ban every email service, search engine, or social network that doesn’t limit free speech or facilitate snooping, but the West is supposed bend over and let them market spyware?
The Chinese are forming a social credit score around every American that uses these apps whether the user knows it or not.
The current U.S. government isn't any better.
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Trump didn't even know about TikTok until its users embarrassed him.
Thats what this will do and the whole reason for the order is because the servers are in china and the chineese government has all access at any time because of that.
Your link has absolutely no relevance to me, I do not live in Russia. It is for Russian LGBTQ people to fight for their own rights and push their society forward. Again, I am not going to visit Russia, China, Iraq, nor the USA during periods that these countries are dangerous to visit. And again, it is irrelevant if they have any personal information I put on the internet just now.
Thankfully Facebook shut down one of the Troll farms yesterday...
...weirdly, it wasn't people pretending to be Obama supporters.
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Needless to say, we disagree, but to each their own.
Personally, I would love to visit China and Russia and many countries in the middle east, as they seem like beautiful places with many nice people. However, I would absolutely not feel safe in those countries because of their governments, and simply due to the differences in rights. All I would have to do is be in the wrong place at the wrong time, or say something wrong and I'd end up in jail, disappeared, or worse.
In general you should be safe in China, I did visit and you are probably watched but unless you are actually telling the locals about all the freedoms you have back home, you'll be fine. Russia, love to visit and again being a visitor you would be safe as long as you aren't joining a LGBTQ parade. Most of the Middle East I would not feel save and I would not feel safe in much of the USA just now where that lunatic is empowering every bigot under the sun.
However I still respect these countries are going to develop at their own pace and I am not going to impose my beliefs on them. I hold people and businesses in the EU to the highest standards and I certainly hold the USA to a higher standard than China which is why my input on this is strongly against the current administration of the USA that seems hell bent on starting WW3 and setting the USA back decades in social progress.
What are you talking about? China purchases the debt like a stock its called bonds.
Maybe that's because Obama was considered to be a thoughtful President who had the country's best interests in mind, so they would give him the benefit of the doubt that his decision was the right thing to do. Contrast that with a capricious, narcissistic, egomaniacal man who has demonstrated his willingness to punish anyone who doesn't bow down to their knees in front of them. Hope that clears up the theoretical contradiction for you.
