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US can’t ban TikTok for security reasons while ignoring Temu, other apps, TikTok argues
(arstechnica.com)
Now do Facebook and Amazon
this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2024
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Fine then, ban all the Chinese spy apps
And all the CIA ones.
And then block all cookies and tracking.
And all the CIA ones.
Let's hear some of those app names, you seem to have a few ready to fire off on a whim.
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What about Lenovo, Aliexpress, Xiaomi, Didi (It's famous in latam), BYD, NIO?
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit....
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I bet you they can actually
Good call. Let's ban them both.
You can't spy on our citizens, that's our (and our corporations') job!
Signed, the US Government
The part that actually describes how the ban would work is at least one hyperlink away from the article.
If ByteDance doesn't sell TikTok, app stores in the US would have to drop the app, and Internet hosting services would be prohibited from providing services that enable distribution of TikTok in the US. Companies that violate the prohibition would have to pay civil penalties.
(5) INTERNET HOSTING SERVICE.—The term “internet hosting service” means a service through which storage and computing resources are provided to an individual or organization for the accommodation and maintenance of 1 or more websites or online services, and which may include file hosting, domain name server hosting, cloud hosting, and virtual private server hosting.