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From CBSNews: > U.S. officials have repeatedly warned that TikTok threatens national security because the Chinese government could use it as a vehicle to spy o
by pknerd 2y ago
From CBSNews:
> U.S. officials have repeatedly warned that TikTok threatens national security because the Chinese government could use it as a vehicle to spy on Americans or covertly influence the U.S. public by amplifying or suppressing certain content.
In other words, US officials are scared that China is going to do what the USA has been doing with American social media apps in various countries
- junto 2y agoThis ^^ And if the U.S. does ban TikTok then it sets a precedent that other countries can ban U.S. and Chinese social media apps in the same manner. Europe for example.
- TMWNN 2y agoThat precedent has always existed. The US banning TikTok changed nothing from a legal standpoint.
- x3n0ph3n3 2y agoChina _already_ bans U.S. social media.
- pknerd 2y agoFor the same reasons US is doing now ;)
- Omatic810 2y agoWhat stopped other countries from doing just that before?
- pknerd 2y agoEconomic Hitmen
- genocidicbunny 2y ago> In other words, US officials are scared that China is going to do what the USA has been doing with American social media apps in various countries Yes, and? It's naive to think that this is anything new or surprising -- a country attempting to further it's own interests ahead of other countries that it is competing with.
- pknerd 2y ago> Yes, and? Americans usually whined and complained that China banned US social media
- genocidicbunny 2y agoI'm pretty sure most Americans didn't really care, outside of some bubbles like HN.
- phatfish 2y agoOnly because it effected the share price.
- mint2 2y agolol no, as an American it’s always made me think that they weren’t utterly incompetent over there. With how it looks like TikTok might be reinstate here, it’s unclear I can say the same about us. Also, American social media companies and all others need far more regulation. But that is really a separate topic. If russia were to try to buy meta, that deal should be blocked. If china were to try to buy meta that deal should be blocked.