ByteDance will get up to a year to divest TikTok or face a ban.
  • mctoasterson@reddthat.com
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    6 months ago

    Does the legislation also include penalties for Samsung for preinstalling TikTok on my fucking Smart TV and making the app non-removable ?

  • ISOmorph@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    I don’t understand why people get so upset about this. Yes, Google, Facebook, etc. hoard your data too. But there’s a big difference wether that data is hoarded domestically or by a foreign nation that is pretty blatant about their industry espionage and political propaganda. Yes, the US do it too. But you really can’t blame a country for protecting it’s interests, be they ethical or not.

    • Maxx@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      You can absolutely blame a country for doing that actually. What kind of argument is that? People shouldn’t be upset when their government does something unethical as long as it’s “protecting its interests”?

      • ISOmorph@feddit.de
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        6 months ago

        That’s not quite what I meant.

        The argument I most often see and is that TikTok should stay because Facebook and Google are just as bad. That’s stupid because foreign espionage is obviously worse than domestic espionage to any government.

        If your argument is that the TikTok ban is good and Facebook and Google should be next because of the similar practises then I’m 100% with you.