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In reply to the discussion: U.S. likely to enact a law soon that could ban TikTok nationwide [View all]themaguffin
(3,826 posts)67. We absolutely should ban it, unless China sells it. No way would we let a Soviet company here like this.
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All tik tok has to do is transfer it to an acceptable department that doesn't involve China.
jimfields33
Apr 19
#3
It's been done before by Chinese real estate companies. If I'm not mistaken, bite dance had its chance and waited too lo
uponit7771
Apr 20
#109
Yes. And what gets me, is what in the hell are they worried about, I've never seen what they are so concerned
SWBTATTReg
Apr 19
#8
I never seen this nor do I get into this sort of material online. One can control where they go, eh?
SWBTATTReg
Apr 20
#121
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom,
Ping Tung
Apr 19
#74
The only thing they can "ban" is downloading the app from American websites...
DemocraticPatriot
Apr 19
#84
Whether it's six months or a year, however, the idea that young people will suddently hate Biden...
Silent3
Apr 21
#136
We absolutely should ban it, unless China sells it. No way would we let a Soviet company here like this.
themaguffin
Apr 19
#67
But you have a part in what shows up in the For You feed. If you click on Following...
LuvLoogie
Apr 19
#54
Besides the uniqueness of the app and it's ease of use, a ban will dissolve the communities
LuvLoogie
Apr 19
#63
Absolutely. I might get a stray MAGA tiktok every once in a while but I just say I'm not interested.
Pretty Fly
Apr 19
#83
As long as TikTok has to turn over all information it has collected to the Chinese government this is the right decision
ripcord
Apr 19
#13
So lawmakers should be more interested in keeping their positions than in doing what is right?
ripcord
Apr 19
#22
What is right is not allowing a Chinese SOE to own us consumer data right? Because we sure the
uponit7771
Apr 20
#113
Just the ones that are required to the information they collect with the Chinese government
ripcord
Apr 19
#65
What about bite dance being owned by the Chinese government Do people not understand?
uponit7771
Apr 20
#114
Some of you so quick to pull out a white flag to Trump over a potential tik tok ban
MistakenLamb
Apr 19
#57
Trump fans love dictatorships like China literally sending propaganda to children through tiktok
uponit7771
Apr 20
#116
If those sites are owned by Chinese state-owned Enterprise like bite dance then or course
uponit7771
Apr 20
#118
+1, this looks White fud on du right now the number of people who don't know what the central issue is in this thread
uponit7771
Apr 20
#119