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Weird how they don't talk about child and privacy protection laws in general for all social media.
It's almost like they don't really care about those issues and are just using these talking points to get tiktok banned in order to maintain US tech hegemony
And it was all for nothing:

Employees had obtained the IP addresses of the journalists in a bid to determine whether they were in the same location as ByteDance colleagues suspected of disclosing confidential information, a company review of the scheme led by its compliance team and an external law firm found, according to Andersen.
The plan failed, however, partly because the IP addresses only revealed approximate location data. >

Like anyone is surprised. 🙄 >

It would be great if US politicians could stop the talk about banning TikTok here, and get on the action. 
This app is terrible on every level. >

Or, hear me out, develop proper privacy legislation instead. >

Yeah I don’t really like the idea of the government being able to outright ban a company and people from using an otherwise legal product. 
Fix what allows this to happen not just play whack-a-mole. >


Yeah I don’t really like the idea of the government being able to outright ban a company and people from using an otherwise legal product.

Did you just discover that the FDA, USDA, FTC, SEC, and dozen other regulatory bodies exist? >

They don’t ban or dismantle legal businesses. Those agencies create regulation that can make a business illegal. 
They are supposed to do exactly what I said, which is fixing/regulating the underlying issues that allow businesses like TikTok, Meta, and others to abuse the data they collect on us.
The FTC would need to enact regulations on more stringent privacy protections and give those businesses ample time to adapt to the new regulation. Only if those businesses are then proven to be out of compliance can the FTC do something. The FTC can’t just shut down TikTok for not actually breaking any regulations. >


They don’t ban or dismantle legal businesses. Those agencies create regulation that can make a business illegal.

Right, they follow laws from Congress which define legality, and I’m calling for said legislative body to put TikTok on the wrong side of a number of existing laws, and if required make some new ones specifically targeting foreign intelligence through apps. >

Are you implying that since fb has a financial incentive to get TikTok banned, that TikTok isn’t actually a privacy and national security risk…?
…you do know both things can be true at the same time, right?