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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by simonw on Sunday January 19, 2025 @05:05PM (#42762450)
Since you worked on the bill, can you clarify if the driving force behind it was national security concerns which have not been revealed to the public?
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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by JumpCrisscross on Sunday January 19, 2025 @05:09PM (#42762501)
> if the driving force behind it was national security concerns which have not been revealed to the public?

No. It was national security risks that have been amply disclosed. The Cuban Missile Crisis was still a crisis even if the Soviets didn’t launch.

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by saagarjha on Monday January 20, 2025 @04:09AM (#42766563)
What are the possible capabilities here?
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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by JumpCrisscross on Monday January 20, 2025 @09:42AM (#42769194)
See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42738464

This has been publicly litigated well.

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by saagarjha on Thursday January 23, 2025 @05:21AM (#42802600)
Right, but what's the actual demonstration of this? I keep hearing "TikTok can do bad thing" but it's not shown to actually happen and we don't seem interested in making them not do that.
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