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Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action
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Re: Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action
#32Under 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.
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#33I 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
I am sad Vine died, but "American Public didn't let Vine grow" is not accurate. More "Twitter couldn't figure out how to make Vine a thing"...
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
> advanced persistent threat to US democracy We are a Republic.
Even more Article 4, Section 4 of the constitution: >The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/inte...
This was probably more necessary when "democracy" usually referred to Athenian democracy, which obviously doesn't scale much beyond a city state.
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#35Hopefully this will raise awareness on PWAs. Hopefully using PWAs on mobile will be normalized by the 18-24 year olds. TikTok's PWA seems intentionally gimped (you can't even search) but I will bet it will suddenly start working once it disappears from the Western app stores. Is there anything TikTok does that the Web Platform + WASM cannot do? (besides spying)
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
> advanced persistent threat to US democracy We are a Republic.
Republics are democracies. They're just not direct democracies. This might also help: https://mises.org/wire/stop-saying-were-republic-not-democra...
No, republic is just a form of government, which may or may not be democratic. People’s Republic of China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran are prime exemples.
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#37I’m torn. On one hand, we’ve seen how TikTok has been used by the CCP to extend the reach of its censorship, oppression, and surveillance. On the other hand, I’m not sure if the government should be deciding what software we’re allowed to have.
Re: Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action
#38Under 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…
My guess: National security as in Huawei https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18216988/white-house-huaw... Let's be realistic, if an app was doing what is alleged here, they should be banned and I'm sure they are provisions to do so without a vote of Congress. Biden campaign was also told to delete TikTok from phones, maybe NSA knows something.
So, there federal government will not be allowed to use TikTok? That's not much of a "ban".
Re: Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action
#39Under 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…
> What's he going to do when ByteDance uploads the .apk somewhere? I don't think most Android users know how to install an apk, and as far as I know a similar distribution model is not possible on iOS.
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#40Hopefully this will raise awareness on PWAs. Hopefully using PWAs on mobile will be normalized by the 18-24 year olds. TikTok's PWA seems intentionally gimped (you can't even search) but I will bet it will suddenly start working once it disappears from the Western app stores. Is there anything TikTok does that the Web Platform + WASM cannot do? (besides spying)
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