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Secure_Ad1628 t1_jcf8rml wrote

Reply to comment by cookingboy in WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Threatens Ban if TikTok’s Chinese Owners Don’t Sell Stakes by TheAngelMutants

Why not? I mean either that or buying the Chinese companies so China can't extract benefits from the Market and yeah there's market protectionism in play here too, it's obvious like most apps copied the format of TikTok, and once it's gone they will have the market to themselves but I genuinely believe there's national security concerns over this, TikTok just pushed to the mainstream the East Palestine derailment, that was a nothing burger, so I think it's a perfect example of how it can actually manufacture a certain narrative, whether it was intentional or not doesn't matter, the fact that the US government can't intervene on it to regulate discourse there is bad enough to warrant a ban.

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Pholusactual t1_jcf59v2 wrote

Reply to WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Threatens Ban if TikTok’s Chinese Owners Don’t Sell Stakes by TheAngelMutants

As the Dominion lawsuit proved beyond a doubt, you gotta read a Murdoch publication like people used to read Pravda to get the real news.

"Major shift in policy..." -- somebody (Meta) realized their was cash to be made and phoned the politician they owned to call in the favor.

TikTok is likely correct in their claims that nothing would change as far as national security. In fact, the ONLY thing that would change is that the data vacuum would end on Meta servers instead.

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tandemxylophone t1_jcewynu wrote

Reply to comment by cgmcnama in WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Threatens Ban if TikTok’s Chinese Owners Don’t Sell Stakes by TheAngelMutants

I support this too. Markets don't need to be 100% fair for external corporations. While there are a lot of arguments for a fully globalized, free movements of good and service, passively putting yourself into a position external countries can take advantage of you isn't being progressive. It's being a doormat.

Sometimes localisation of markets is the answer.

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cookingboy t1_jceoq15 wrote

Reply to comment by Secure_Ad1628 in WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Threatens Ban if TikTok’s Chinese Owners Don’t Sell Stakes by TheAngelMutants

> allowing TikTok was clearly a mistake so I doubt they will let something like that to happen ever again.

Should we just go ahead and ban all apps and websites from China, or in fact, non-U.S. allied countries?

What's next? Banning videogames like Genshin Impact and League of Legends because of national security concerns?

I bet companies like Activision and EA would love to lobby for it, much like how Meta lobbied for the ban of TikTok: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/facebook-tiktok-targeted-victory/

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cookingboy t1_jceo7ao wrote

Reply to comment by telestrial in WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Threatens Ban if TikTok’s Chinese Owners Don’t Sell Stakes by TheAngelMutants

> That can be true and it can also be true that TikTok has been unable to properly assure anyone that data flowing through the app isn’t able to be read/shared with the CCP.

Please read up on Project Texas. TikTok has been working toward a solution where all U.S. data are saved on Texas based Oracle servers, with ability to be audited and security verified by a U.S. government approved 3rd party panel.

From a technical perspective, such measure would sufficiently guarantee American users data don't go to China. The government was close to approve it until the recent political climate changed, so politicians want to score points now.

The concern you outlined is very much valid, but the technical response is also valid. Unfortunately this whole thing was political theater funded by Meta in the first place: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/facebook-tiktok-targeted-victory/

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