US lawmakers have told Apple and Google to be ready to remove TikTok on January 19
They're facing hundreds of billions of dollars in fines if they don't comply
They're facing hundreds of billions of dollars in fines if they don't comply
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2024/12/13/congress-warns-apple-and-google-they-must-ban-tiktok-in-january
The Forbes article isn’t their scoop. But we link incase people still want to learn more info
https://bsky.app/profile/culturecrave.co/post/3ldegas6xhw2b
Twitter should be next!
I don't care about TikTok, never used it, but it's weird that the free speech crowd is down to outlaw TikTok.
A political party based on the concept of saying "I'm not touching you!" Then whining to mom when they get called out.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/facebook-tiktok-targeted-victory/
They know they are challenged by China and don't want to lose their tiny advance on them. They already know they lost the race.
The result will come in a few years.
It is all bluster.
It sounds a bit childish, but I think it's a huge part of the reason behind it.
China also has the benefits (if you'd like) of being a dictatorship. It helps them do things faster, without relying on laws that could slow down progress.
Not a benefit for the population ofc.
Reverse engineering showed that the past versions had possibly to download and execute unwanted software with a remote command. A code that hasn’t been vetted by the store itself. Security implications are huge just for this. This is a breach in trust, at the least.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok#Privacy_and_security_concerns
1. https://www.inverse.com/input/tech/redditor-reverse-engineers-tiktok-app-claims-massive-data-collection-scheme
2. https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/fxgi06/comment/fmuko1m/
Since China doesn’t care to sanction this behavior, which clearly benefits CCP, so they have to be removed. Huawei was sanctioned in a similar manner, for the same malware/spyware problem.
If an open source alternative does show up, there won’t be any trust issues and that will be a network to recommend.
Unless Quebec ruins it, they ruin everything for us.
This is the biggest gift 🎁 Trump would be happy to unwrap on his big day and the crowds and votes aside.
How stupid is Democrats. They don't care about votes @all
FELON
That's probably why they want twitter around
B. We literally ARE talking about what the government does here.
Especially a few months before that he was quoted saying that social media is THE platform for younger generations to have a voice. And he said this to a TikTok influencer…
Google is doing nothing about this double-standard while kids like Ryan are trapped in a capitalist hell, forced to dance against his will as a product.
Either the lawmakers who pushed for this have never read 1984 or they took all the wrong lessons from it.