https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/13/tech/tiktok-ban-us-bill-explained/index.html




March 13, 2024

Clare Duffy
By Clare Duffy, CNN
6 minute read
Updated 11:05 PM EDT, Wed March 13, 2024


US lawmakers have renewed efforts to crack down on TikTok over national security concerns related to its Chinese parent company ByteDance. The bill would prohibit TikTok from US app stores unless the social media platform is quickly spun off from ByteDance.

The bill, called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, advanced out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week. And on Wednesday,


Related live-story House passes bill that could lead to US ban of TikTok

Many of the roughly 170 million Americans who use the app have raised concerns that banning TikTok could mean doing away with a platform that represents much more than a platform where young people can follow the latest updates about the Princess of Wales. It’s where they go to find connection, get entertained, seek information and earn a living. Some of those TikTokkers phoned their representatives in recent days to urge them to vote “no” on the bill, after the app alerted users to the potential ban.

the thing is -

our own Govts also force media companies to tell them
about everyone's private data. Ask Snowden.
It's not unique to the Chinese.

Jasin wrote on Mar 14^th, 2024 at 5:17pm:



The Grubberments of the world were never going to allow privacy on the internet
or in any form of communications.

Even the encrypt part of Microsoft Outlook is easily broken by security agencies
and it always was by design.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Mar 14^th, 2024 at 5:46pm:



So it's the Jews?

Bias_2012 wrote on Mar 14^th, 2024 at 8:35pm:



Just avoid loading apps on to your mobile phone -
most of them are dangerous.

It was always going to be a Spider's WEB and a Fishing NET.

Bias_2012 wrote on Mar 14^th, 2024 at 9:21pm:



There is no privacy.

All media are forced by the Govts to give backdoor access
to the Govt security organisations.
That is without a warrant too.

Back in 1995 when Bill Gates put out Win95 he was forced against his will
to secretly give the NSA the source code of Windows 95.
That has been the case ever since with every later version.
Bill Gates was angry about it but there was nothing he could do.
He was also prevented by law from telling the public about it.

The NSA is capable of going into any Windows computer in the world
and downloading any file they want without the victim ever knowing.
It doesn't matter what firewall you have or what you do to stop it.
If you're connected to the internet you're wide open to them.
The most likely method is that they spoof a fictitious Windows Update which
is actually a remote control hidden executable file.