TikTok Officially Banned in the USA Thread

[Serious]

South Dakota Gov. Noem bans TikTok from state-owned devices - WTOP News

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Tuesday issued an executive order banning state employees and contractors from accessing the video platform TikTok on state-owned devices…

wtop.com

First stone to drop

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

State-Owned devices…. In South Dakota

 

[88m3]

China is using it harvest data and surveil people and it's turning Americans into even bigger idiots

Nothing of value lost if it happens nationally

 

[88m3]

State-Owned devices…. In South Dakota

all 12 of them right

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

China is using it harvest data and surveil people and it's turning Americans into even bigger idiots

Nothing of value lost if it happens nationally

It won’t happen nationally.

 

[Serious]

State-Owned devices…. In South Dakota

I'm still at tiktok being on a work phone myself...

So this is where my taxpayer money is going

 

[Ciggavelli]

TikTok was caught shipping user location data to Chinese servers for unknown reasons (could be so the Chinese gov can monitor expats or visa holders). Their under investigation all over the place:

TikTok is now under investigation by the European Union

For transferring data to China

www.gadgetmatch.com

They should be banned for these practices, but the truth is the app is too popular for that to happen.

 

[chineebai]

Lots of kids and young folks would be very upset if there was a ban.

 

[42 Monks]

all 12 of them right

dozens

 

[Hersh]

China got all our data

 

[Drip Bayless]

I be telling people about TikTok TOS and they don’t give a damn
People don’t realize how valuable data is

 

[The Bilingual Gringo]

I be telling people about TikTok TOS and they don’t give a damn
People don’t realize how valuable data is

An incompetent, aged Congress combined with strong tech lobbying is a dangerous combination.

I’m 43 () and highly doubt I’ll see a major, national data security law passed a la GDPR in my lifetime. The data as a commodity horse is long gone from the barn.

 

[Big Mountain Hélà]

China is using it harvest data and surveil people and it's turning Americans into even bigger idiots

Nothing of value lost if it happens nationally

Donald Trump-era ban on TikTok dropped by Joe Biden

The delayed ban on TikTok and WeChat will now not happen - instead apps from China will face reviews.

www.bbc.com

That’s all imma say before I get bushed and labeled maga

 

[voiture]

TikTok is a Chinese spy app. It needs to be banned.
People make the argument that American companies spy for the American government but I live here and can vote out a government I don't like. Unlike communist China where the same person is essentially president for life until they are no longer useful.

 

[hashmander]

Donald Trump-era ban on TikTok dropped by Joe Biden

The delayed ban on TikTok and WeChat will now not happen - instead apps from China will face reviews.

www.bbc.com

That’s all imma say before I get bushed and labeled maga

yeah and i'ma leave this here since you're relying on people not reading the article.

"The ban faced a series of legal challenges and never came into force."

it's a trump ban that never existed in practice. also, the trump ban didn't have anything to do with the corrosive nature of the app (that's personal freedom) and more about how the CCP had access to american users data and they were trying to get them to separate and sell a US division to oracle. that received several legal challenges and was ruled illegal in dec 2020 (before biden even got into office). so they went back to the drawing board and looked for a solution that could be considered legal. now US users data is being stored on oracle servers as part of some biden admin project name project texas (oracle's HQ) with more work to do.

TikTok and Oracle teamed up after all, but concerns about data privacy remain

TikTok will now route US users’ data through Oracle’s servers.

www.theverge.com

The TikTok and Oracle ‘trusted technology partner’ deal might really happen

The shelved agreement may be revived.

www.theverge.com