What matters is the way it's banned. And why. And the current process feels every bit as wrong as TikTok itself.
What the US needs is proper data protection laws. And then it should enforce those laws equally against US and foreign companies. Just arbitrarily banning one thing because you realise that what you always allowed for US companies, is suddenly a problem when it's a Chinese company, is absolutely wrong.
Please provide a source.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/tiktok-tracked-use...
Their actions are not justified by what other apps do. Regardless of whether GP's comment included speculation or was merely using hyperbole, the sentiment is reasonable. At this point, I think it would be irresponsible to defend TikTok.
See also:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23634138
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23634138
Also how is this different than Twitter that was getting a list of all installed apps until Apple tightened down on the method they used and everything that FB and Google does.
Congress can hardly control the three letter agencies violating amercian rights on a massive scale or blatantly lie under oath in testimony
Don’t think a foreign company is going to allowed to actually proceed with a suit involving national security as the administration is going ton claim
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tiktok-cfius-exclusive/ex...
There is a specific law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which specifies when and how a president can ban economic exchanges with foreign entities. I think you will be disappointed to find out that under this law there is no real due process required. The president only needs to declare a national emergency in regards to the ban and then send a report to Congress detailing why the declaration and ban are justified. If Congress disagrees it is justified they can pass a resolution overriding the ban.
Now, due process has to start focusing on increasing the federal structure of state’s power and the power that comes with their senators / house / etc.
A) Foreign owned companies are subject to all sorts of other criteria and trade rules.
B) The issue cited is 'national security' in which case there is a wide latitude for tolerance.
'Suing the government' is not 'good' - it's a canard.
What Congress needs to do is ban all Chinese companies and activities wherein US companies of the same kind are not allowed to operate in China.
That China won't allow social networks there, but the US allows them here is bonkers ridiculous.
It would be like Canada saying 'We're banning aluminium imports, but demand that we can export to the US'.
All of this before 'security' even enters the equation.
Due process is a bedrock of American law. It means government officials can't just "do what they want" and make arbitrary decisions with specific targets -- which is exactly what the TikTok ban is.
You want to ban TikTok? Great, you need a specific law from Congress that outlines under what circumstances companies may be banned in the US, and then prove the specific company meets those standards.
None of that has been done here. The president is not a dictator. TikTok should absolutely sue.
Note: this is regardless of anything TikTok has actually done privacy- or security-wise. The point isn't whether they're dangerous, the point is whether we can meet some standard of showing that they're dangerous. If they're dangerous, we need to establish how and why legally. This is what separates the rule of law from dictatorship.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process