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People here keep calling for banning of Tiktok, but I don't get it. Why do people call for a discriminary approach (targeting Tiktok solely based on its origin,

People here keep calling for banning of Tiktok, but I don't get it. Why do people call for a discriminary approach (targeting Tiktok solely based on its origin, not giving them a chance to prove innocence), when that's totally unnecessary? Yes, the US is allowed to have national security concerns. Yes, the US is allowed to distrust China for whatever reason. But you could draw up a law that says "ANY foreign app must go through a security audit to certify no data reaches any foreign governments". That way you don't just target China, but also targets hypothetical Russian, European, African or whatever apps that could be problematic. And Tiktok would then be able to prove innocence or fix leaks.

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aritmo 6y ago
The national security concerns are just an excuse to derail the biggest mobile app from China. TikTok is just short videos. It's not like Facebook or Twitter which are more likely to be used by someone who is an adult.
- nouveaux 6y ago
  TikTok is widely used by adults. "Roughly 50% of TikTok’s global audience is under the age of 34 with 26% between 18 and 24." https://www.omnicoreagency.com/tiktok-statistics/ https://www.omnicoreagency.com/tiktok-statistics/
syrrim 6y ago
>Why do people call for a discriminary approach As a response to china's discriminatory behaviour with respect to US tech companies. Due to network effects and so on, a company that is able to operate everywhere, including china, has an unfair advantage over companies that are kept out of china. The end effect of allowing this is that you only have chinese media companies. This has a number of negative consequences, including ones for the economy, for privacy, and for national security.