Former White House CIO warns the tech industry should prepare for a TikTok ban

[ZedRM]

Translation: I trust the CCP government over the US government. My loyalties are with Red China.

Yes, let's trust a government who frequently, and without any accountability to the people it governs, lethally suppresses ANYONE within it's borders who speaks out against it. Yes, let's support a tyranny. Because after all, history has shown us how that always turns out so amazingly well.

(note: blatant sarcasm)

 

[MyIOnU]

What? China will ban Apple from producing their phone in China? LOL

 

[Burty117]

The FBI has strayed a bit into enforcing far-Left authoritarian dogma, sure. But conflating that with a regime that keeps millions of its own people in slave-labor genocide camps is indescribably banal. Your argument is like claiming that, since I have dust on my windowsills in my own home, I can't complain about the truckloads of rotting garbage in my neighbor's yard -- even when it flows over into mine.


The UK has its share of problems, as their recent push to criminalize "hate speech" attests, but this puerile statement only demonstrates how little you actually know of the world. Your government doesn't even make the Top 500 list for "worst in modern history", which you'd know if you'd ever lived in one.

Oh dear, oh dear… oh dear

Bless ya, How does it go again? “America! F*ck yeah! Here to save the motherf*ckin day yeah!”

Americans man, so easily wound up over nothing.

 

[atomicgirl]

Americans man, so easily wound up over nothing.

Nobody's getting wound up. People don't like an attempt to have fruitful discussions derailed be people who don't know what they're talking about but insist on having their misinformed opinions taken seriously, anyway.

So, move along now. This is a story about US lawmakers making a decision here. As a UK resident, none of this impacts you, and you offer no insight into US government or politics, because it's all based on imagination. Again, move along.

 

[Burty117]

People don't like an attempt to have fruitful discussions derailed be people who don't know what they're talking about but insist on having their misinformed opinions taken seriously, anyway.

Fruitful discussion on politics, in a comment section of a tech website? Anything taken seriously? Come on now, comment sections on tech websites is for entertainment, watching the fan boys flame being the main event.

So, move along now. This is a story about US lawmakers making a decision here. As a UK resident, none of this impacts you, and you offer no insight into US government or politics, because it's all based on imagination. Again, move along.

All based on imagination ay, glad I can’t read, or write, or watch, or listen, or talk, and just imagine political decisions. Freedom of speech isn’t all it’s cracked up to be I guess.

 

[Endymio]

Americans man, so easily wound up over nothing.

You consider slave-labor genocide camps "nothing"?

/smh.

 

[atomicgirl]

You consider slave-labor genocide camps "nothing"?

/smh.

He is an "agent." Part of the agents' job is to derail discussions so Americans (or whatever target nationality) aren't able to talk about their problems without getting sidetracked.

Anyway, going back to the topic, this ban was a long time coming, and Americans should be rejoicing. The biggest problem with Big Tech is that it not only has grown too big, it's become globalized. Globalization of American media and tech is a national security threat. It means that anyone, anywhere, can create an app, forum, website, whatever and use it as a tool of espionage and manipulation. That's what Tik Tok was, and that's what a lot of websites and platforms are.

 

[trparky]

It means that anyone, anywhere, can create an app, forum, website, whatever and use it as a tool of espionage and manipulation. That's what Tik Tok was, and that's what a lot of websites and platforms are.

Bingo! Give this man... err girl a prize!

 

[ZedRM]

People don't like an attempt to have fruitful discussions derailed be people who don't know what they're talking about but insist on having their misinformed opinions taken seriously, anyway.

You mean, for example, some of yours?

This is a story about US lawmakers making a decision here. As a UK resident, none of this impacts you, and you offer no insight into US government or politics, because it's all based on imagination. Again, move along.

Not true. What happens here affects the UK and vice-verse. The US and the UK are close allies. What one does affects the other, both generally and specifically.

 

[atomicgirl]

Tik Tok is a national security threat, because it's a form of espionage. Citizens of one country are allowed to post culturally and politically sensitive information that can be used against them. Kudos to US lawmakers for finally realizing that it was more than just a commercial platform but an espionage tool.