TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal

Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by e-clinton on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:29PM (#24023650)

They’re banning TikTok because they don’t want a Chinese company having direct access to the location, camera, and microphones of hundreds of millions of Americans. I have the app installed and have all those permissions disabled.

I understand that it seems unfair but I get where they’re coming from given that China isn’t exactly a saint when it comes to spying/civil rights.

I think it Microsoft agrees to take ownership of the data and protecting it, it doesn’t make sense to ban it. I’m surprised Verizon or Twitter hasn’t stepped up with bid

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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by horsemessiah on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:14PM (#24024351)

Why doesn't the government pass laws preventing this, instead of banning one particular app?

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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by gmantg on Saturday August 01, 2020 @05:02PM (#24023885)

Most smartphones are made in China, so CCP has access to them at the hardware level. My bet is that tiktok has hacked the human psychology: it's an equivalent of addictive sugary drink spiced with coke; it's a problem by itself, but it's a much bigger problem once we realise who manipulates the us citizens. I see tiktok as a backdoor into democracy: it can sway opinions of the masses or it can run social experiments.

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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by xvector on Sunday August 02, 2020 @07:28AM (#24027939)

And somehow it is okay for Facebook and Twitter to wield this power?

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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by gmantg on Sunday August 02, 2020 @03:41PM (#24031049)

That's why CCP banned them in China.

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