news Update #2: TikTok sues Montana for blocking app, cite 1st amendment+state power limit

[Communion]

1 hour ago, Domination said:

This is probably for the best. The fact that y’all think letting corporations sell your data to government entities is fly because this specific instance aligns with a conservative talking point. The fact is NONE of these apps should be allowed to sell data like they do, regardless of the country of the developer.

Is this the reason even being cited for the ban? I don't think we know anything at all about what TikTok does, if it does anything at all, with user data for commercial purposes. The boogeyman here is the claim that American user data will be used for digital warfare by the Chinese government. 

 

Edit - Not people getting mass-downvoted for hot takes and then going through and downvoting posts of anyone who down-voted them even if their post has nothing to do with them:

 

 

It's been 24 hours since they rolled the feature out 

Edited May 18, 2023 by Communion

[Helios]

The boomers in the first few posts on here.

[Happylittlepunk]

Lmao destroy all of it especially Facebook, and Twitter too. 
 

fools in here who think China is no threat. Keep telling yourselves that if helps you guys sleep better. 
 

all because you guys want to keep looking at little 15 second videos. 

 

[magazine]

Good, but also a kii 

[Weld_E]

Grindr next!

[ttsmu]

The land of the free, they say xD

[family.guy123]

[ClashAndBurn]

The way every thread about TikTok is steeped in vile sinophobic reactions while American companies have shown themselves to be far more pernicious.  

[aotearoa]

49 to go 

[Genius1111]

Sorry to all the influencers and to whoever that earns money through Tik Tok in Montana 

[chiliam]

good luck getting those gen z votes.

 

[getback]

Hannah Montana's impact  

[bestfiction]

This is crazy

[Bethenny Frankel]

Isn't this against the First Amendment?

[Vermillion]

On 5/17/2023 at 10:13 PM, Genius1111 said:

Sorry to all the influencers and to whoever that earns money through Tik Tok in Montana 

And...they're suing, as predicted. OP updated.

 

[Sannie]

On 5/17/2023 at 8:42 PM, ClashAndBurn said:

The way every thread about TikTok is steeped in vile sinophobic reactions while American companies have shown themselves to be far more pernicious.  

I do not understand it. Is it okay for a company to steal and sell your data as long as that company exists in your home country? It feels very hypocritical.

 

I would be worried more about the US having my data than China. What is China going to do with your data? The Chinese government does not have power or control over American citizens, but the US government does.

 

I read that this ban does not affect individual users, just app stores that allow for the sale/downloading of the app. How hard would it be to take just download the app while you are out of state? This seems unenforceable and just virtue signaling.

Edited May 19, 2023 by Sannie

[Carla Rosón]

Ironic how some swifties support the tiktok ban when their fave literally owes her current domination to this app 

[Vermillion]

OP updated again with TikTok lawsuit, citing 1st amendment

[Miley Cyrus]

Good  U.S. shouldn't have monopoly over social media companies