TikTok (and other Chinese app) banned n India

[spartan max2 14,395]

This is a direct progression from the escalating border violence in my other thread. 

Personally I have no problem with this. It's basically CCP malware. 

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TikTok has been banned in India, along with 58 other mostly Chinese apps, as tensions between the two countries continue.

TikTok, which is developed by Chinese company Bytedance, allows users to share short videos which are generally set to music. It has regularly denied allegations about its relationship with the Chinese government, publishing a blog post late last year in which it said its data centres are kept outside of China and that it is not subject to Chinese data law.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/tiktok-ban-india-china-wechat-uc-browser-a9591941.html

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[spartan max2 14,395]

This is my other thread that lead to this one.

 

 

[OverSword 49,942]

37 minutes ago, spartan max2 said:

It has regularly denied allegations about its relationship with the Chinese government,

  

[spartan max2 14,395]

Just now, OverSword said:

  

[thedutchiedutch 1,653]

I love TikTok. It helped me and many others I know through this pandemic by putting a smile on our faces

[Tatetopa 14,204]

I have been watching a lot of somebody.

Edited June 29 by Tatetopa
don't want to be a party poop.

[spartan max2 14,395]

And just like clockwork, not even page one of a thread about China and India relations and somehow it's about Trump 

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[Tatetopa 14,204]

30 minutes ago, spartan max2 said:

And just like clockwork, not even page one of a thread about China and India relations and somehow it's about Trump

 

Edited June 29 by Tatetopa
withdrawn for propriety

[OverSword 49,942]

[Helen of Annoy 38,404]

  Someone's feelings were hurt   

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/07/tiktok-ban-china-usa-pompeo/

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late Monday that the United States is considering banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, one of the world’s most popular online platforms.

And in case you were wondering why spying wasn't a problem until now, 

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It also follows an underwhelming crowd at Trump’s rally in Tulsa that some blamed on a disruptive campaign led by TikTok users.

Of course, the prank with reserving tickets didn't cause Trump's neoConfederate rally crowd to be any smaller than it was by itself, it only pumped up his expectations   

Still, it's eating him alive so has to retaliate. By taking the freedom of app choice away from 30 million US users. Now, that's totalitarian. Out of personal vanity reasons to make it more pathetic. 

Is China spying? Certainly. But having access to cats, tits and butts and unfortunate falls videos is not spying. Let's hope there are no morons who actually do communicate the sensitive stuff using social networks. (Though there is one government in the world recently, expected to be so competent.)    

[Hammerclaw 26,339]

I'd worry more about them lobbing nukes in on the GPS coordinates of Huawei phones.

[aztek 22,011]

good for them

[Great Old Man 869]

Highly possible it could act like Spy-ware.

CCP did this before in ROK, too.

 

[Sir Wearer of Hats 32,651]

Good Lord I hate Tik-Tok but banning it to spite the Chinese government? That’s crazy.