re: Dumbasses in House pass Trojan Horse TikTok ban

The right to use foreign spyware is not guaranteed by the first amendment.

For any legitimate issues with this bill that do exist, you undermine the argument against all of them with such an obviously dumb take. Don’t be dumb.

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When Trump was saying it was bad, many agreed it was a national security issue. Now the House says let’s ban it and Trump crawfishes, everyone is like “freedom of speech”. You people would definitely eat Trump’s turds if he told you to.

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What a narrow minded approach you have going there.

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doesn't just apply to TikTok and will be used against any other website/app they want to

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CCP talking point

They are enabling the DHS / State Department apparatus that had taken control of our country:

TCN: Uncensored: The National Security State & the Inversion of Democracy

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What exactly is wrong with the bill?

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It is anti-freedom

What’s Tiger droppings active monthly user?

Here's a tissue.

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That appears to me to be wording taken out of context. In context, the reference is to entities "controlled by a foreign adversary." Covered companies are one of the defined entities. At least that's what I'm seeing.

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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY CON7 TROLLED APPLICATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) PROHIBITION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS.—It shall be unlawful for an entity to distribute, maintain, or update (or enable the distribution, maintenance, or updating of) a foreign adversary controlled application by carrying out, within the land or maritime borders of the United States, any of the following:
(A) Providing services to distribute, maintain, or update such foreign adversary controlled application (including any source code of such application) by means of a marketplace (including an online mobile application store) through which users within the land or maritime borders of the United States may access, maintain, or update such application.
(B) Providing internet hosting services to enable the distribution, maintenance, or updating of such foreign adversary controlled application for users within the land or maritime borders of the United States.

(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) CONTROLLED BY A FOREIGN ADVERSARY.— The term ‘‘controlled by a foreign adversary’’ means, with respect to a covered company or other entity, that such company or other entity is—
(A) a foreign person that is domiciled in, is headquartered in, has its principal place of business in, or is organized under the laws of a foreign adversary country;
(B) an entity with respect to which a foreign person or combination of foreign persons described in subparagraph (A) directly or indirectly own at least a 20 percent stake; or
(C) a person subject to the direction or control of a foreign person or entity described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
(2) COVERED COMPANY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered company’’ means an entity that operates, directly or indirectly (including through a parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate), a website, desktop application, mobile application, or augmented or immersive technology application that—
(i) permits a user to create an account or profile to generate, share, and 14 view text, images, videos, real-time commu15 nications, or similar content;
(ii) has more than 1,000,000 monthly active users with respect to at least 2 of the 3 months preceding the date on which a relevant determination of the President is made pursuant to paragraph (3)(B);
(iii) enables 1 or more users to generate or distribute content that can be viewed by other users of the website, desktop application, mobile application, or augmented or immersive technology application; and
(iv) enables 1 or more users to view content generated by other users of the website, desktop application, mobile application, or augmented or immersive technology application.
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered company’’ does not include an entity that operates a website, desktop application, mobile application, or augmented or immersive technology application whose primary purpose is to allow users to post product reviews, business reviews, or travel information and reviews.

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y algorithm doesn't show me any of that. It's quite the opposite actually.

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You don't know WTF your TikTok algorithm does, how it is designed, or why.

e.g.,

Why is the TikTok app not allowed in China?
Why is the Chinese TikTok, Douyin, not available for download through regular app stores outside of mainland China?

You think the algorithms are the same???

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Shepherd88

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Are you under the impression the language you highlighted means POTUS can ban any website, or just those "controlled by a foreign adversary"?