Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action

Post by stygiansonic » Sat, Aug 01, 2020, 3:28 AM UTC

justinzollars wrote: post #7

akersten wrote: post #2

Under what authority? A dozen paragraphs in the article and not one questioning whether he can actually do this. What would such an executive action look like? An EO to Apple and Google to de-list the app from their stores? Why should they comply? What's he going to do when ByteDance uploads the .apk somewhere? Sick of media treating this man like a zoo exhibit instead of the advanced persistent threat to US democrac…

> advanced persistent threat to US democracy We are a Republic.

Post by dependenttypes » Sat, Aug 01, 2020, 3:28 AM UTC

ve55 wrote: post #8

akersten wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great, but that doesn't answer my question: What authority does a US president have to tell a US-based software company to not distribute code from its US servers?

Tiktok is not a US-based software company, they're a private company from China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bytedance There's been precedent set recently with e.g. Huawei: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18216988/white-house-huaw... , but also keep in mind we have dealt with much stronger things in the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th...

Post by sfkdjf9j3j » Sat, Aug 01, 2020, 3:29 AM UTC

justinzollars wrote: post #7

akersten wrote: post #2

Under what authority? A dozen paragraphs in the article and not one questioning whether he can actually do this. What would such an executive action look like? An EO to Apple and Google to de-list the app from their stores? Why should they comply? What's he going to do when ByteDance uploads the .apk somewhere? Sick of media treating this man like a zoo exhibit instead of the advanced persistent threat to US democrac…

> advanced persistent threat to US democracy We are a Republic.

Post by untog » Sat, Aug 01, 2020, 3:31 AM UTC

ve55 wrote: post #3

akersten wrote: post #2

Under what authority? A dozen paragraphs in the article and not one questioning whether he can actually do this. What would such an executive action look like? An EO to Apple and Google to de-list the app from their stores? Why should they comply? What's he going to do when ByteDance uploads the .apk somewhere? Sick of media treating this man like a zoo exhibit instead of the advanced persistent threat to US democrac…

China is likely considered by many to be a threat to democracy, which is part of the reasoning behind this

Post by jacobwilliamroy » Sat, Aug 01, 2020, 3:32 AM UTC

coding123 wrote: post #24

I think the biggest thing that bugs me is that the American public didn't let Vine grow and make money. Instead we're either banning and blocking TTok or giving China a huge amount of money. I don't like giving China money. Ban them