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It's amazing the lengths we'll go in the United States to avoid passing a comprehensive national privacy protections law.
A Chinese company isn't bound by US laws, so this is a necessary precursor to that. Edit: I stand corrected, they are bound by our laws, but it's orders of magnitude easier to enforce those laws on a company based in the US than a company based in China.
It's amazing the lengths we'll go in the United States to avoid passing a comprehensive national privacy protections law.
It’s unclear there is support for that. I’ve worked on privacy issues. Virtually nobody calls in support of them.
This, on the other hand, is a national security bill. Every elected I know is being inundated from both sides.
China most definitely has their hands in the data that TikTok amasses and given its popularity it's not an insignificant risk to U.S. citizens. We all know how easy it is to manipulate users... aka Cambridge Analytica.
It'll be interesting to see what legal challenges come up if the bill passes the senate because that is where the real discussion will occur. I ultimately see it being reversed, but I can also see a solid framework for future bills being illuminated via the courts.
I thought this was DOA once Trump came out against it (after speaking with major donor Jeff Yass). Wondering who will end up being candidate buyers - Microsoft? Google?
It's amazing the lengths we'll go in the United States to avoid passing a comprehensive national privacy protections law.
A Chinese company isn't bound by US laws, so this is a necessary precursor to that. Edit: I stand corrected, they are bound by our laws, but it's orders of magnitude easier to enforce those laws on a company based in the US than a company based in China.
This is how EU rules apply to US tech companies. US rules for Chinese tech companies is no different in principle.
IMO however the problem isn't privacy, it's being able to stick a thumb on the algorithmic feed and control the information consumption of a slice of society. And TikTok isn't the only problem, it's broadly applicable across consumer tech.
This is simple Nation State realpolitik. TikTok is a propaganda threat controlled by a non-friendly state to the US.
Any other way to look at this is naive.
As much as I don't care about tiktok going away, and acknowledge the privacy and security risks, there's something about banning a highly popular website that doesn't sit right with me. Is there precedent in the USA for anything like this?