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preventing the mass exfiltration of american data seems like something that the government has absolute authority over. If Tiktok cannot prove that they are not
by ouid 4y ago
preventing the mass exfiltration of american data seems like something that the government has absolute authority over. If Tiktok cannot prove that they are not doing that, then this is no different from the health department shutting down a restaurant.
- bitexploder 4y agoSeems like it would violate the first amendment. Government can’t really restrict my speech.
- verdverm 4y agoThe government regulates imports and exports, this is not a free speech issue
- ouid 4y agoIf the chinese government asks you to spy on your neighbors, I would hope your "right to do so" is not protected by the first amendment.
- dvngnt_ 4y agospying on the behalf of another country is already regulated
- ouid 4y agoYes, but the point is to convince the parent comment that it should not be protected speech.
- bitexploder 4y agoIs that is what is happening with TikTok? Me spying on my neighbors? I don’t even use TikTok and have never set up an account, but it seems like it is overreach without firmly and publicly stating and proving the national security threat. Until then, it’s a free speech issue in my book.
- somenameforme 4y agoThis is nothing like a restaurant being shut down. In normal enforcement, parties are innocent until proven guilty. An inspector comes, sees where you are violating rules and regulations, and gives you an overall assessment. In this case TikTok's guilt is being assumed based on zero evidence, and they're being asked to prove a negative. Prove you don't have a little invisible gremlin, made of dark matter, named Kabuzu floating just above your right shoulder. And now prove it to people that are dead-set in the belief that you do, regardless of what you say. This is why the presumption of innocence is such an important part of any rational system of justice.
- ouid 4y agoThere is no presumption of innocence because it is not a person being charged with a crime. It is a corporation. More than that, it is a corporation that cannot be audited because it lives in a state hostile to US interests. As a person, you do not need to prove your right to exist, but an entity that only exists at the whim of the democratic government in which it operates most definitely does.
- epolanski 4y agoAnd yet it seems US government is black belt at violating other's data. And many US apps/websites are non-GDPR compliant.