#tik tok china

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[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

TikTok has until mid-January to break ties with its Beijing-based parent, ByteDance, or risk an outright ban in the United States.

Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/freedom-of-speech/tiktok-on-the-clock-us-appeals-court-hits-the-ban-button

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[manic-b10]

A month from now, the United States government will come to a unanimous decision on whether the platform TikTok should be banned from American users.

Let's also remember who pushed the ban; Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. The concern of the Chinese government sneaking into U.S. data, was by no other means than an a pitchable oportunity to the president elect, during his first term in office. By this is by more of means of business competition more than it is for privacy; as of Meta is of a broader concern, under terms of internet privacy and consumption amongst minors. The other week there was a brief, but detailed episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, about the reasons behind the ban aside from what's stated on this post.

[sistersmcclain]

i ain’t going no damn where in this heat

[s0fter-sin]

the tiktok ban is obviously horrific and an infringement on american rights but it is so fucking funny seeing these politicians freaking out about potential chinese propaganda when tumblr had an actual russian spy ring that all the users knew about and nobody gave a shit

[agoodcartoon]

its the only way to bring back vine

[william-r-melich]

Tik Tok on the Chopping Block - 04/25/2024

Yesterday, Joe Biden signed the Tik Tok Divest-or-Ban bill into law. I covered this bill extensively in my post, "Tik Tok Bill/HR 7521" back on March 16th of this year. This bill forces ByteDance to sell Tik Tok within one year. It's clear to me that this Chinese owned company is controlled by the CCP and is using it to gather information on US citizens and influence children toward committing self-harm and suicide.

Tik Tok's CEO, Shou Zi Chew released the following video statement yesterday. "Make no mistake, this is a ban, a ban on you and your voice. We are confident, and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts. The facts and the Constitution are on our side, and we expect to prevail again." He was referring to how they circumvented Trump's executive order to ban the app in the U.S. back in 2020. Tik Tok's position is that through China's Counterespionage Law, its customer data is stored in Virginia and backed up in Singapore. They claim that they have never or ever will share U.S. data with the CCP. Yet the owner of ByteDance previously issued a letter of apology to the CCP about failing to follow the CCP's directives. It's obvious to me that they are more of an arm of the CCP than a private company and we should not trust them. At the same time, I'm also conflicted about trusting our own government. Regardless it's now signed into law, like it or not.

Tik Tok and ByteDance together spent over $7 million since the beginning of this year on TV and digital ads in an effort to stop legislation from passing the bill. A Tik Tok spokesperson said this, "This expenditure reflects work we do to educate policy makers about how legislation could affect our community of 170 million American users." Tik Tok officials lobbied Congress and Biden's executive office last quarter. Biden's executive office contains the National Security Council, the Office Management and Budget, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and other divisions.

As I mentioned in my previous post on this bill last March, Donald Trump and Elon Musk both came out against it. Trump is concerned that it could expand government powers on other platforms, and Musk is concerned about censorship. The bill is intended to remove any foreign influence and investment in social media platforms and websites here in the U.S. The government would have to prove that a foreign entity is directly involved and then initially force divestment, and then later if necessary deplatform the app and shut down their operating websites.

I'm all for private companies operating platforms that allow freedom of expression, but not if they're being operated by a foreign adversary like China's CCP. Yet I'm always very skeptical of our government and their tendencies to over-reach in order to go after their political opposition. Especially with this current bunch in charge. All we can do is to stay informed and hopefully for the sake of our freedom and security vote in Republican majorities in both the house and senate, and get Donald Trump back into office, in my opinion.

[thebest-medicine]

I don’t have tiktok but is there like. nsfw and kink communities on there. like is there tickletok.

[lookninjas]

Tempted to go back and find every article I've ever reblogged about privacy and/or security concerns in re: TikTok, with maybe a couple side posts about China's human rights abuses just to prove a point, but I'm rapidly running out of my ability to interact with people and I should probably save what I have left for the last two hours of work.

Also, I'd be attempting to prove a point on Facebook, which is just madness.

[cb-reblog]

[aizenat]

Anyway, glad our government got something right and is working to ban tik tok.