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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPompeo tells Ingraham the administration is considering banning Chinese social media apps inc Tiktok
We all know why they really want to ban Tiktok though, don't we.................stop kids causin trouble......will backfire spectacularly.
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Pompeo tells Ingraham the administration is considering banning Chinese social media apps inc Tiktok (Original Post)
sunonmars
Jul 2020
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BigmanPigman
(51,651 posts)1. Did they already snatch up all the New Hampshire Rally
tickets?
chia
(2,244 posts)2. I'm mixed on this. I don't want to cede the slightest bit to the idea Pompeo has a moral bone left
in his body, and yet - TikTok is Chinese spyware and most of the kids are unaware.
TikTok is Chinese spyware.
panader0
(25,816 posts)5. I'm curious. Apart from the claim that TikTok is spyware,
how do you ban something from the internet? I'm not too smart about the computer
or internet world, so I wonder how banning is done.
chia
(2,244 posts)6. Apple or Google could remove the app from their app stores,
making it unavailable to download. I don't know what happens to all the apps already downloaded to devices.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)7. A VPN get's around that...and also making a second account
in those countries where the app is available
This admin is out of touch about how technology works...
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)3. Dump is still really pissed about his Tulsa rally flop, isn't he?
"TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Tulsa Rally"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/style/tiktok-trump-rally-tulsa.html