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US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

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Re: US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

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post #23

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This has nothing to do with speech.

So banning a public square has nothing to do with free speech? "A fundamental principle of the First Amendment is that all persons have access to places where they can speak and listen, and then, after reflection, speak and listen once more." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packingham_v._North_Carolina

It’s not a public square. They ban people from their private square all the time.

Re: US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

#32

Motto of the powerful. Can't beat them? Ban them. Same thing they did with Huawei they can't steal the patents it owns to use on their 5G network so ban them.

Are Huawei backdoors part of the active telecom control that China has in the US networks currently? TikTok seems much more benign.

Re: US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

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post #32

Motto of the powerful. Can't beat them? Ban them. Same thing they did with Huawei they can't steal the patents it owns to use on their 5G network so ban them.

Are Huawei backdoors part of the active telecom control that China has in the US networks currently? TikTok seems much more benign.

US don't need to buy their units, just pay for the patent so they can implement the technology.

Re: US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

#35
post #32

Motto of the powerful. Can't beat them? Ban them. Same thing they did with Huawei they can't steal the patents it owns to use on their 5G network so ban them.

Are Huawei backdoors part of the active telecom control that China has in the US networks currently? TikTok seems much more benign.

opposite, in fact

Re: US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

#36
1) Excellent way to teach millions of people about sideloading overnight. This could be a big win for Android (where sideloading is easy) vs. iPhone were sideloading is impossible (? or only possible only with an annual dev license?)

2) Will this affect apps like CapCut and Lemon8 too?

Re: US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

#37
post #32

Motto of the powerful. Can't beat them? Ban them. Same thing they did with Huawei they can't steal the patents it owns to use on their 5G network so ban them.

Are Huawei backdoors part of the active telecom control that China has in the US networks currently? TikTok seems much more benign.

The only thing that makes Chinese control of social media seem benign is that the US is doing a far better job of pushing harmful propaganda onto itself than China could ever accomplish.

Re: US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Land of free speech? Maybe in like a John Wayne movie was this ever true… What country would you say has stronger free speech protections than the US? I won't say there's none, because there are roughly 200 countries, and I don't know enough about many of them, but I cannot name one. Not the UK, France or Germany, and I'd be surprised to find any other European country. For a sampling of other laws/measures: - http…

it is not snark, I am European living most of my adult life in the US and I have had more than one laugh over the years with “we are land of the free”

You’re thinking in binary terms about a gradient.
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