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Re:TikTok regulation bill's future looking wobbly in Senate ... by orangecat on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @11:41AM (#39829267)
the people deserve more of an explanation than “national security” if they’re going to ban such a popular app

I agree that as much as possible of the TikTok briefings should be declassified, and am extremely skeptical of giving governments additional powers, but "national security" really is a sufficient justification in this case. There is no way we should allow a hostile foreign government access to such a massive amount of data on Americans or the ability to easily spread their propaganda.

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Re:TikTok regulation bill's future looking wobbly in Senate ... by archagon on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @01:59PM (#39830822)
I want to use the app, and anyone who thinks that I shouldn’t be able to for tenuous ”national security” reasons — especially when native social media companies are facilitating the spread of far more radical propaganda — can sod right off.
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Re:TikTok regulation bill's future looking wobbly in Senate ... by orangecat on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @04:59PM (#39832786)
You should be able to use the app. The Chinese Communist Party should not be able to control the app's content and access all the data that it generates.
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