Trump says he will ban TikTok in the US

by fasicleon 8/1/2020, 6:28:34 AM with 5 comments
  • by firebazeon 8/1/2020, 7:41:23 AM

    Already discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24016938

  • by idclipon 8/1/2020, 8:09:50 AM

    Why tho

    From article: „US security officials have expressed concern that the app, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, could be used to collect the personal data of Americans.„

    /s Fun days ahead. s/

  • by peteretepon 8/1/2020, 7:30:36 AM

    Pretty skeptical he can get this done via executive order, although there seems to be a bipartisan anti-Chinese mood in Congress, so who knows?

  • by dirtyidon 8/1/2020, 8:19:42 AM

    Hypothetically, if TikTok goes instant/webapp how would this ban be implemented? Great Firewall of US?

  • by einpoklumon 8/1/2020, 9:35:30 AM

    > US security officials have expressed concern that the app, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, could be used to collect the personal data of Americans.

    Wow, sounds serious! I wonder if any other piece of software in the world has this problem. Perhaps Trump should ban all of those too. Better safe than sorry! :-(