TikTok Ban (Restrict Act) Is Insane

[ScottyG]

Who's Isreali?

@voiture

 

[voiture]

@voiture

I'm Israeli because I shyt on Hamas? That's your problem then. My position is no different from the US government. Hamas will be wiped off from the face of the earth and calling me a Jew won't stop it.
You openly support terrorists.

 

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[IIVI]

Yeah, you can clearly see how pissed people would be when you read the replies.

 

[Gritsngravy]

This in't a matter of National Security. You know how easily these governments can spy on each other? Any compromise anywhere on anyone's device can lead to some crazy information transfer sent directly through signal technology today with all the crazy NFC, RF, infrared, etc. tech everyone has. Not to mention, these moronic, non-tech politicians are all irresponsible with handling highly classified documents, misplacing them, using their personal computers at work and vice-versa, using easy passwords, etc. Straight up liabilities everywhere.

It's not a matter of American citizens' security and privacy as most people's data is compromised in one way or another and your personal information is easily exposed/accessed (your job, data breaches, etc.). Think about how all these crazy people are cracking passwords containing mixed capital letters, numbers and special characters. You think your basic ass social security number is safe?! shyt, most of the forms you're filling out are giving away nearly half of the numbers already.

This ain't even about "real time news" as most of these apps can give you up-to-the-minute info as well letting you live stream or upload videos directly.

So what's it about?

This is basically about a foreign popular app killing it with a great product, period. It's that kid who's mad it ain't their birthday.

At least they could put tariffs on Japanese cars and felt better because they already "defeated" Japan. However, I'm sure they were offended when Nissans, Hondas and Toyotas started showing up everywhere giving the people what they wanted. People literally are infuriated China got this thing that made all their other apps obsolete, letting people produce content around the world that connected everybody and made them happy, that's it.

"How dare you be happy if we didn't have anything to do with it" type of shyt. They've been hating that throughout history and find all ways to steal/take credit for innovations. When they can't? Man, few things make them more salty and upset. Then they want to destroy it. Just pure haters. Not all white folks mind you, but they know who they are.

Maybe some of these CEO's have lost money and that can be another big part of it (which exposes bullshyt lobbying in such an 'honest' system). Some of my people use TikTok and it's be real wack if they changed it up.

I think it’s more so the fact that TikTok has some shyt on there Jews ain’t agree with so the putting the call in to ban it

They did the same thing for dei

 

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The so-called TikTok ban is a trojan horse.

The President will be given the power to ban WEB SITES, not just Apps.

The person breaking the new law is deemed to be the U.S. (or offshore) INTERNET HOSTING SERVICE or App Store, not the “foreign adversary.”

https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20240311/HR%207521%20Updated.pdf…

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If you think this isn’t a Trojan horse and will only apply to TikTok and foreign-adversary social media companies, then contemplate why someone thought it was important to get a very specific exclusion for their internet based business written into the bill:

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https://www.reuters.com/legal/tiktok-says-us-ban-is-inevitable-without-court-order-blocking-law-2024-06-20/

TikTok says US ban is inevitable without a court order blocking law​

By David Shepardson

June 20, 20243:57 PM EDTUpdated 2 hours ago

U.S. flag is placed on a TikTok logo in this illustration taken March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

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• ByteDance argues divestiture is not possible technologically, commercially or legally
  
• TikTok claims the law violates Americans' free speech rights
  
• TikTok has spent over $2 billion on efforts to protect U.S. user data
  
  

WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) - TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance on Thursday urged a U.S. court to strike down a law they say will ban the popular short video app in the United States on Jan. 19, saying the U.S. government refused to engage in any serious settlement talks after 2022.

Legislation signed in April by President Joe Biden gives ByteDance until Jan. 19 next year to divest TikTok's U.S. assets or face a ban on the app used by 170 million Americans. ByteDance says a divestiture is "not possible technologically, commercially, or legally."

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hold oral arguments on lawsuits filed by TikTok and ByteDance along with TikTok users on Sept. 16. TikTok's future in the United States may rest on the outcome of the case which could impact how the U.S. government uses its new authority to clamp down on foreign-owned apps.

"This law is a radical departure from this country’s tradition of championing an open Internet, and sets a dangerous precedent allowing the political branches to target a disfavored speech platform and force it to sell or be shut down," ByteDance and TikTok argue in asking the court to strike down the law.

Driven by worries among U.S. lawmakers that China could access data on Americans or spy on them with the app, the measure was passed overwhelmingly in Congress just weeks after being introduced.

Lawyers for a group of TikTok users who have sued to prevent the app from being banned said the law would violate their free speech rights. In a filing on Thursday, they argued it is clear there are no imminent national security risks because the law "allows TikTok to continue operating through the rest of this year -- including during an election that the very president who signed the bill says is existential for our democracy."

TikTok says any divestiture or separation - even if technically possible - would take years and it argues that the law runs afoul of Americans' free speech rights.

Further, it says the law unfairly singles out TikTok for punitive treatment and "ignores many applications with substantial operations in China that collect large amounts of U.S. user data, as well as the many U.S. companies that develop software and employ engineers in China."

ByteDance recounted lengthy negotiations between the company and the U.S. government that it says abruptly ended in August 2022. The company also made public a redacted version of a 100-plus page draft national security agreement to protect U.S. TikTok user data and says it has spent more than $2 billion on the effort.

The draft agreement included giving the U.S. government a "kill switch" to suspend TikTok in the United States at the government’s sole discretion if the company did not comply with the agreement and says the U.S. demanded that TikTok's source code be moved out of China.

"This administration has determined that it prefers to try to shut down TikTok in the United States and eliminate a platform of speech for 170 million Americans, rather than continue to work on a practical, feasible, and effective solution to protect U.S. users through an enforceable agreement with the U.S. government," TikTok lawyers wrote the Justice Department in an April 1 email made public on Thursday.

The Justice Department declined to comment on the email but said last month the law "addresses critical national security concerns in a manner that is consistent with the First Amendment and other constitutional limitations." It said it would defend the legislation in court.

In 2020, then-President Donald Trump was blocked by the courts in his bid to ban TikTok and Chinese-owned WeChat, a unit of Tencent (0700.HK)

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The White House says it wants to see Chinese-based ownership ended on national security grounds, but not a ban on TikTok. Earlier this month, Trump joined TikTok and has recently raised concerns about a potential ban.

The law prohibits app stores like those of Apple (AAPL.O)

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[Sleepy Floyd]

Joe Biden let this happen