News Forum - Proposed RESTRICT Act could ban TikTok in the US

[Thaiger]

TikTok banned in the US? If a new bipartisan bill gets its way, the popular short-video app could be blocked due to national security concerns. US Senators Mark Warner and John Thune have introduced a bill called the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act that could ban …

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[KaptainRob]

WeChat is even worse than TikTok and US bans for these CCP 'spy' apps make total sense IMO.

[Marc26]

45 minutes ago, KaptainRob said:

WeChat is even worse than TikTok and US bans for these CCP 'spy' apps make total sense IMO.

They lucky 15yr olds don't vote!   

 

I quite like Tik Tok but can understand the concern 

[Donald]

Does anyone really believes this is about "spying" ? This is all about vilifying the "enemy" and using any context to cancel commercial successes . Whether it was the 5G technology from Huawei or in this case TikTok. And the US keeps preaching about freedom of enterprise and democracy . It would be more honest just to state the truth and admit that they are protecting their position of dominance with any means available .