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[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

because then they'd be subject to all the bullshit the feds do and required to comply.

[-] jfrnz@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

Like what? What are American companies required to do to protect your privacy that TikTok doesn’t do because they are a Chinese company?

[-] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

TikTok is not being banned to protect anyone's privacy.

[-] jfrnz@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Fine, what national security obligations are US-based social media companies meeting that TikTok/ByteDance is not?

[-] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

TikTok/bytedance are controlled by a rival country. US based companies can, of course, help our rivals too but there's some degree of separation that makes it a bit harder to address/discover.

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

The PATRIOT act.

[-] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It's not about what they aren't doing. It's something they are doing.

[-] frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

As in implementing back doors and reporting to the NSA/CIA/FBI/CBP/BATF/ETC?

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

The Patriot Act would like a word.

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