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House panel unanimously approves bill that could ban TikTok (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 8 months ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12876226

The measure that sailed unanimously through the House Energy and Commerce Committee would prohibit TikTok from US app stores unless the social media platform — used by roughly 170 million Americans — is quickly spun off from its China-linked parent company, ByteDance.

US officials have cited the widespread commercial availability of US citizens’ data as another source of national security risk. The US government and other domestic law enforcement agencies are also known to have purchased US citizens’ data from commercial data brokers.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

yes they are run by the us empire, which has a more violent history.

still not seeing the point of banning one over the other

[–] CeeBee@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You're just spouting whataboutism. It's not an argument, it's a deflection tactic.

I have no love for Instagram or Facebook. IMO they should both be banned and have all data erased. The planet would be better off without them.

But that's not the topic of conversation.

The US isn't an adversarial country to itself. The CCP is an adversarial country to the US, and most of the world.

which has a more violent history

Ah yes, so the CCP is A-OK because you claim they have a "less violent history". Makes perfect sense.

Tell me, how many people died during the Long March and the "Great" Leap Forward?

In any case, the bill is not about banning TikTok. The bill is about selling ownership of TikTok to a US owned firm to take away control from the CCP. And then only if a sale cannot be arranged, to ban it as a last resort.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

the real enemy of the world is the US by a long shot. what the US does warrants invasions and wars on 3rd world countries by the US, the same isnt true for china.

no country has such a dark and murderous history. my country is on that list and we are suffering from the consequences still, decades later.

and yes, having people die of starvation in one of the poorest countries in the planet is sadly expected. no system of government can fix a country that huge overnight.

banning shit like tiktok like you have a huge moral highground is hypocritical at best when US apps are doing it all around the planet.

e: how could i forget the genocide you are sponsoring