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Nothing good comes out of TikTok IronLionZion Mar 12 #1
And you think meta and musk are not selling information to China? PortTack Mar 12 #11
Ex-TikTok executive says Chinese government used app to locate, identify Hong Kong protesters BlueWavePsych Mar 12 #13
Banning Tik Tok would be very stupid. Voltaire2 Mar 12 #2
All you said. Well stated. twodogsbarking Mar 12 #3
A ban isn't really on the table quite yet Johnny2X2X Mar 12 #4
I don't see how that's possible SouthernDem4ever Mar 12 #5
What makes you say China is better at capitalism than the US? IronLionZion Mar 12 #8
We keep having to put up trade barriers Voltaire2 Mar 12 #12
Vulture and exploitive fucking capitalism with the near slave goddamn work force and all that other fuck shit. SoFlaBro Mar 12 #19
I honestly don't know how this doesn't apply to both Chinese capitalism and the US system. Voltaire2 Mar 12 #20
Depending on industry, US does have some safety/quality/labor regulations IronLionZion Mar 12 #21
Well sure, mostly left over from the pre-Reagan system. Voltaire2 Mar 12 #22
The US doesn't employ slave labor. SoFlaBro Mar 13 #25
Capitalism is a global economic system. nt. Voltaire2 Mar 13 #26
Indirectly, we do. progressoid Mar 14 #29
Agree! PortTack Mar 12 #10
So force divestiture. Igel Mar 12 #15
So no Chinese corporations can do business in the US? Voltaire2 Mar 12 #16
Seems a little hypocritical to me ThreeNoSeep Mar 12 #6
THIS!!! 1000 times THIS!!!! nt Shipwack Mar 12 #9
The article isn't about private data, or control of TikTok; it's about the Chinese government having TikTok accounts muriel_volestrangler Mar 12 #14
Lots of governments have or had Xitter accounts. Likely lots have tik tok accounts. Voltaire2 Mar 12 #17
I can't tell from the report if they meant accounts that were openly government-controlled muriel_volestrangler Mar 12 #18
Social media is flooded with bots from lots of sources Voltaire2 Mar 12 #24
A quick check into the actual reasons WHY these GOP lawmakers want to ban TikTok ThreeNoSeep Mar 12 #23
The Chinese government is using TikTok to meddle in elections, ODNI says BlueWavePsych Mar 12 #7
I don't think tik tok is our worst worry in that department. Scrivener7 Mar 13 #27
Ban them ASAP NoodleyAppendage Mar 13 #28
Get rid of it. rockfordfile Mar 14 #30
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