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It was a politically untenable situation to ban data collecting software applications as the courts overruled the federal decision. >After Trump proposed to ba
by guessbest 4y ago
It was a politically untenable situation to ban data collecting software applications as the courts overruled the federal decision.
>After Trump proposed to ban TikTok in the U.S on July 31, 2020, security researchers expressed their concern about limitations of freedom. In one article, PCMag quoted Jennifer Granick of the American Civil Liberties Union Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel who said that "banning an app that millions of Americans use to communicate with each other is a danger to free expression and is technologically impractical."
> On 23 September 2020, TikTok filed a request for a preliminary injunction to prevent the app from being banned by the Trump administration.[62] This request was filed with the District Court for the District of Columbia. Just a week prior, a different preliminary injunction from WeChat users filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California was approved by Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler.[63]
> The preliminary injunction was approved by Judge Carl J. Nichols on September 27
> The following June, new president Joe Biden signed an executive order revoking the Trump administration ban on TikTok
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%E2%80%93TikTok_controversy#Biden_administration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%E2%80%93TikTok_co...
- bombcar 4y agoAnd today we hear: FCC Commissioner Calls for Apple and Google to Ban TikTok Over 'Surreptitious' Data Practices https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31921200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31921200
- guessbest 4y agoUnfortunately regulating tech companies is politically untenable since he was nominated by the previous administration. They will replace him with someone who will toe the line. > Commissioner Carr was nominated to the FCC by President Trump and confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate. https://www.fcc.gov/about/leadership/brendan-carr https://www.fcc.gov/about/leadership/brendan-carr > His term runs from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Carr_(lawyer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Carr_(lawyer)
- bombcar 4y agoThe Senate did something unanimously under Trump?
- _-david-_ 4y agoMultiple things were done unanimously. In 2020, several nominations along with H.R. 748. Some senators did abstain from voting, but every senator who voted did vote yes.
- colejohnson66 4y agoYep. The issue is that unanimous votes on boring issues don’t make headlines. It’s a lot easier to make an us vs. them article successful.