House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app

Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by avgDev on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @12:33PM (#39693674)

Almost half of Americans are using TikTok. If the Chinese govt. can spy on Americans than this is definitely a national security concern. I understand that American companies like FB and Google are doing it too but hopefully they are not selling the data to Chinese companies.

After I typed that I feel FB and Google would sell data to highest bidder.

Maybe it is time to focus on privacy and clearly understanding what apps are gathering from users and how that data is being used/sold.

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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @12:37PM (#39693735)

In the absence of legislation to the contrary, I'd be surprised if any corporation with any useful data wouldn't sell it to anyone willing to pay their price for it.

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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by acbullen on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @12:39PM (#39693764)

I'd hazard that even with legislation about selling outside the US, a foreign government would still just find a cut-out that looks legit enough and then have them send the data overseas regardless.

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