Banning Tik-Tok

[Stantroll]

https://nypost.com/2023/04/06/i-eat-pounds-of-butter-and-oil-daily-people-say-im-weird-but-it-calms-me/

TikTok is now the property of the Republic of France.

[EPW]

Disgusting.

[PLATO]

So the question to me is "Is Tik-Tok actually a security concern?" That is what has to be answered. Is the data they obtain usable to undermine U.S. Security? Is it just that we worry they could use their data to try and sway public opinion? What is the real danger here?

If there is real danger then ban the he11 out of them. If not, then this is just another installment in f'ed up U.S. politics....

[Dauphin]

So the question to me is "Is Tik-Tok actually a security concern?" That is what has to be answered. Is the data they obtain usable to undermine U.S. Security? Is it just that we worry they could use their data to try and sway public opinion? What is the real danger here?

If there is real danger then ban the he11 out of them. If not, then this is just another installment in f'ed up U.S. politics....

Given the bans across the world, at least on government devices, I think there is a genuine kernel of concern not constrained to US politics. I don't know how big the legitimate concern is or should be.