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Trump says he will ban TikTok in the US

by fasicle on 8/1/20, 6:28 AM with 9 comments

  • by firebaze on 8/1/20, 7:41 AM

  • by idclip on 8/1/20, 8:09 AM

    Why tho

    From article: „US security officials have expressed concern that the app, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, could be used to collect the personal data of Americans.„

    /s Fun days ahead. s/

  • by peteretep on 8/1/20, 7:30 AM

    Pretty skeptical he can get this done via executive order, although there seems to be a bipartisan anti-Chinese mood in Congress, so who knows?

  • by dirtyid on 8/1/20, 8:19 AM

    Hypothetically, if TikTok goes instant/webapp how would this ban be implemented? Great Firewall of US?

  • by einpoklum on 8/1/20, 9:35 AM

    > US security officials have expressed concern that the app, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, could be used to collect the personal data of Americans.

    Wow, sounds serious! I wonder if any other piece of software in the world has this problem. Perhaps Trump should ban all of those too. Better safe than sorry! :-(