2024 "TikTok" Bill / Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act - Comment #6,275,915

anyway on another note and to adress something common I've seen flying around.

No they are not proposing the banning of tiktok to "hide the crimes of the government" or to "affect election year" or some shit like that, if they wanted to do either of those , they would be better off targeting instagram or twitter… or the you know, the whole internet in general.(I am pretty sure tiktok makes THEM a favor in spreading electoral propaganda and drowning news)

This is something both republicans and democrats seem to be somewhat agreeing on, and the core of the issue is not any "silencing" or any of that (twitter already spreads all misinfo one would want well enough on its own) but the concerns over chinese spyware and the fact that a large chunck on devices now have tiktok pre-installed.

and yes, We SHOULD be concerned about chinese spyware in our devices, china is not a good country, their government is a dictatorship with actual expansionist ideals wich is constantly harassing their neighbourgs waters, actively encourages han ethnic supremacy, their labor ethic might as well be slavery and they are actively commiting genocide, and consider the US an enemy.

Yes, the government should be concerned about an app under the beck and call by a beligerent foreing nation that considers it a rival.