Why is TikTok a security threat?
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You need something other than an adolescent imagination.
What else is there on TikTok?
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Trump urges US Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban
I wonder how much TikTok is paying him?
Trump can’t resist lying about everything.
I wonder how much TikTok is paying him?
Trump can’t resist lying about everything.
TikTok:
The latest member of the social media scene is TikTok which offers a series of short (up to ten minutes[citation needed]) video clips, primarily people karaoking songs or doing creative clips. The service is noted for two things, one is the clips themselves and secondly, it is one of the few Chinese-owned social media services that is popular in the West. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, based in Beijing and was originally known and is still known by its Chinese name 抖音 (Dǒuyīn), however this is technically a separate service from the international TikTok. [34] As the company is based in the People's Republic, it has been accused of capitulating to the government and performing various forms of censorship over its service. Due to its Chinese connections, many government agencies and private companies from English-speaking countries including the U.S. Army, the British Home Office, the BBC and Australian Defence Forces have banned the installation of TikTok on their devices.[35] In another example of the horseshoe theory, the Taliban also banned TikTok for "misleading youth".[36]
On June 29, 2020, after a border clash over a disputed section of the China-India border, India banned TikTok. Ostensibly the ban was over national security concerns,[37] but some analysist saw the ban as a weak tit-for-tat reaction to the increased border tensions.[38]
On August 6, 2020, Donald Trump signed an executive order effectively banning Tiktok from the United States if the firm was not sold in 45 days.[39] Ostensibly the ban was about the potential for Chinese spying, censorship, and propaganda. Commentators wondered, however, if part of the reason for the ban had to do with Tiktok trolling a Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20, 2020[40], which was a couple weeks before Trump first began musing about banning the app.[41] However, after a variety of court cases delaying the ban, Joe Biden came to power and in June 2021 revoked Trump's order.[42] However, Biden did sign a different law that would ban the app if ByteDance does not sell it by 2025.[43]
For now, TikTok has been like any other social media platform: widely attacked around the world for its cavalier attitude to users' data and failure to protect children.[44][45]
The latest member of the social media scene is TikTok which offers a series of short (up to ten minutes[citation needed]) video clips, primarily people karaoking songs or doing creative clips. The service is noted for two things, one is the clips themselves and secondly, it is one of the few Chinese-owned social media services that is popular in the West. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, based in Beijing and was originally known and is still known by its Chinese name 抖音 (Dǒuyīn), however this is technically a separate service from the international TikTok. [34] As the company is based in the People's Republic, it has been accused of capitulating to the government and performing various forms of censorship over its service. Due to its Chinese connections, many government agencies and private companies from English-speaking countries including the U.S. Army, the British Home Office, the BBC and Australian Defence Forces have banned the installation of TikTok on their devices.[35] In another example of the horseshoe theory, the Taliban also banned TikTok for "misleading youth".[36]
On June 29, 2020, after a border clash over a disputed section of the China-India border, India banned TikTok. Ostensibly the ban was over national security concerns,[37] but some analysist saw the ban as a weak tit-for-tat reaction to the increased border tensions.[38]
On August 6, 2020, Donald Trump signed an executive order effectively banning Tiktok from the United States if the firm was not sold in 45 days.[39] Ostensibly the ban was about the potential for Chinese spying, censorship, and propaganda. Commentators wondered, however, if part of the reason for the ban had to do with Tiktok trolling a Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20, 2020[40], which was a couple weeks before Trump first began musing about banning the app.[41] However, after a variety of court cases delaying the ban, Joe Biden came to power and in June 2021 revoked Trump's order.[42] However, Biden did sign a different law that would ban the app if ByteDance does not sell it by 2025.[43]
For now, TikTok has been like any other social media platform: widely attacked around the world for its cavalier attitude to users' data and failure to protect children.[44][45]
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