https://joepags.com/news/fcc-commissioner-calls-on-apple-google-to-ban-tiktok-from-app-stores/
"The Trump administration banned TikTok via an Executive Order in 2020
due to national security concerns over the Chinese-owned platform which
was collecting data on millions of users."
MAJOR privacy concerns here. Don't people care about PRIVACY? I've
heard some noise about that recently but if those SAME people use TikTok
they'r HYPOCRITES!
"In June of 2021, President Joe Biden issued an order that revoked
Trump’s bans of TikTok and WeChat."
Thanks, Bidas, the man with the BIDAS TOUCH, turning EVERYTHING HE
TOUCHES into CRAP.
Fortunately the FCC (under HIS watch, even) disagrees.
"'In light of national security threats posed by TikTok, Commissioner
Brendan Carr called on both Apple and Google to ban TikTok in their app stores.' Carr sent an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO
Sundar Pichai on June 24, citing security issues."
"Carr highlighted on Twitter: 'TikTok is not just another video app;'
'That’s the sheep’s clothing;' and 'It harvests swaths of sensitive data that new reports show are being accessed in Beijing.'"
Apparently, opposition to TikTok and other China-based social media has BI-PARTISAN support, which is rare these days.
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