This article from 2024 gives a pretty good rundown as to why using this reasoning to ban Tiktok will set a very bad precedent:
If the govt cared about your data privacy, they would create data collection regulations that they could then use to ban tiktok if/when they violate them.
Disclaimer: I am not saying Tiktok is a great app with zero issues. This is a concern about causing long term problems by using a short term easy solution.
Gives a new meaning to a Swiss knife.
Entering the cyberpunk 2077 era.
Stay away from me and my Prego Traditional chug jug.
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Who left the cat in the bath that long?
“Those damn hobbits, trying to illegally cross the border into Mordor! Sauron has the right to self defense!”
“Crime doesn’t sleep, so neither do I.” ~Batman hallucinating a conversation with the Joker due to sleep deprivation
China is planning for long term survival, USA is planning for short term profits. Yes, China has problems.
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