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Yintao “Roger” Yu said that the CCP had full "supreme access" to all data. SOURCE

Generally the World Health Organization doesn't make a statement on procedures until results are shown. /s

So you're simultaneously against the TikTok ban but also worried about the lack of privacy for American Citizens?

Only the ones trafficked in from overseas. And the ones in concentration camps.

If they cared about money they wouldn't be threatening to shut down rather than sell.

ByteDance is not just an indirect tie between TikTok and China, former employees have testified that the TikTok services are centralized in China. The offices in the USA operate like a shell company.

We were talking about what TikTok has to do with China, as you seemed to not know how, so you finding their direct obvious ties to China "fucking hilarious" is telling of your intentions.

Would it be classified as malware? I think people hand over permissions on their smartphone for most or all of those things on a daily basis without a second thought.

The report on the vast extent of data obtained by TikTok was published by an Australian firm called "Internet 2.0" but it's pay to view. Seems pretty substantial, though, since it hasn't been debunked in the 2 years since it was published. It also scored the highest recorded score on Malcore, owned by Internet 2.0, with a 63.1.

Alright, thank you for clarifying that you want more restrictions and laws against these companies, it just seemed odd for you to bring up those other businesses in a post talking about the TikTok forced sale and resulting lawsuit.

I'm just happy about them restricting US Citizen data being brokered to adversarial nations including Iran, Russia, China, and others.

Something important to note here is that there are various exceptions to freedom of speech protections from various time periods, one such exception is Incitement – If a person has the intention of inciting the violations of laws that is imminent and likely, while directing this incitement at a person or groups of persons, their speech will not be protected under the First Amendment. This test was created by the Supreme Court in Brandenburg v. Ohio.

This is relevant because alongside the TikTok forced sale they also passed a law against sending sensitive data including personal details and photographs to adversarial nations including Russia, China, Iran, etc. That means that Incitement could be used to describe TikTok operating in any capacity without completely centralizing to the USA, and therefor they would have no protections by the first amendment.

So Americans having access to American's Data is bad but you think China having access to American's Data is good?

They're saying that the US is a democracy and the other country is an authoritarian regime. Can you guess which other country is involved with TikTok other than the USA? I'll give you a hint: Hundred Acre Woods.