FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores over spying concerns

Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove... by tomatotomato37 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @03:07PM (#31924412)

While I agree Apple & Google have a near perfect duopoly on the mobile space, the addition of more companies wouldn't give the FCC any less power. The "Federal" part of FCC still gives them jurisdiction over electronic communication happening in the US federation; whether they have to enforce it through 2 entities or 2000 doesn't really make a difference

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Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @03:11PM (#31924457)

How would you enforce it though? It's like in the 90s when PGP was export controlled. It was a total unenforceable joke.

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Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove... by tjoff on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @03:46PM (#31924872)

Depends on the goal, PGP sure. Anyone who wanted could get it but it was still a hurdle. A hurdle that for sure would kill tiktok, or at least enough for it to be irrelevant.

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Re:FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores ove... by igneo676 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @03:48PM (#31924894)

Trust busting would open up a larger ecosystem of stores and/or phone companies, which may even be in other countries and outside of the FCC's reach

Though, fair, that's a glorious and highly theoretical future :P

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