TikTok Officially Banned in the USA Thread

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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:

www.gadgetmatch.com

TikTok is now under investigation by the European Union

For transferring data to China
www.gadgetmatch.com www.gadgetmatch.com

They should be banned for these practices, but the truth is the app is too popular for that to happen.
 
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Drip Bayless said:
I be telling people about TikTok TOS and they don’t give a damn
People don’t realize how valuable data is
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An incompetent, aged Congress combined with strong tech lobbying is a dangerous combination.

I’m 43 (:flabbynsick:) 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.
 
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88m3 said:
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
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www.bbc.com

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 www.bbc.com
:francis:

That’s all imma say before I get bushed and labeled maga
 
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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.
 
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Nomad Dame said:
www.bbc.com

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 www.bbc.com
:francis:

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


www.theverge.com

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 www.theverge.com
www.theverge.com

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

The shelved agreement may be revived.
www.theverge.com www.theverge.com
 
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