TikTok banned by the House

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the House (or Senate, or military, et al) have the authority to do this. This is a definite infringement on the first amendment.

They sure do. If you have a device issued by the government, they will make you remove it. (I worked there and had a gov device.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the risk to me as an individual?

They can access data on your phone (sd card, photo, files, email, social media accounts etc).

If you have an iphone or know how to use your android, they can access what you've given them permission to access.

I don’t have TikTok on my phone, never had it. Chinese developed tech isn’t trustworthy. (I work in cybersecurity.)

I trust Apple’s software that lets me block access to photos, location data, contact, etc. from TikTok.

Really? Apple has a majority of their manufacturing in China. You should also be concerned about how TikTok filters through the videos that can be seen in China vs outside of China. Its all dumb dancing videos here with a rabbit hole for young kids but in China its almost all educational. https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/24/23467181/difference-between-tik-tok-in-china-and-the-us#:~:text=Although%20they're%20owned%20by,t%20offered%20in%20the%20U.S.

It is long-term strategy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This move follows the ban by .mil and most of the rest of .gov


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/tiktok-banned-house-representatives-devices

There is clearly a major risk to using this / having it on your device.

Why does anyone still use it at all ? Don't they understand??

No, they/we don’t. We no longer have ubiquitous access to reasonably unbiased, reasonably trustworthy news.

Question: I don’t have the app. What are the risks associated with inadvertently watching a video linked on another site — or sent via text?

Malware risk

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the House (or Senate, or military, et al) have the authority to do this. This is a definite infringement on the first amendment.

You aren't being infringed on as there are plenty of other, more trustworthy platforms and apps to use. Use those instead.

A government entity telling someone they can’t use a speech platform IS THE DEFINITION OF INFRINGEMENT

Did you get your law degree from trump university, trumper???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the House (or Senate, or military, et al) have the authority to do this. This is a definite infringement on the first amendment.

You aren't being infringed on as there are plenty of other, more trustworthy platforms and apps to use. Use those instead.

A government entity telling someone they can’t use a speech platform IS THE DEFINITION OF INFRINGEMENT

Did you get your law degree from trump university, trumper???

If that platform is a national security risk, telling government employees they can’t have that app on any system they use while doing their job is not infringement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the House (or Senate, or military, et al) have the authority to do this. This is a definite infringement on the first amendment.

You aren't being infringed on as there are plenty of other, more trustworthy platforms and apps to use. Use those instead.

A government entity telling someone they can’t use a speech platform IS THE DEFINITION OF INFRINGEMENT

Did you get your law degree from trump university, trumper???

If that platform is a national security risk, telling government employees they can’t have that app on any system they use while doing their job is not infringement.

Not to mention, that any official communications and correspondence by government officials must be done via approved methods along with needing to be able to comply with records preservation laws. The "did you get your law degree from trump university" poster has wildly missed the mark.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the risk to me as an individual?

They can access data on your phone (sd card, photo, files, email, social media accounts etc).

If you have an iphone or know how to use your android, they can access what you've given them permission to access.

I don’t have TikTok on my phone, never had it. Chinese developed tech isn’t trustworthy. (I work in cybersecurity.)

I trust Apple’s software that lets me block access to photos, location data, contact, etc. from TikTok.

Really? Apple has a majority of their manufacturing in China. You should also be concerned about how TikTok filters through the videos that can be seen in China vs outside of China. Its all dumb dancing videos here with a rabbit hole for young kids but in China its almost all educational. https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/24/23467181/difference-between-tik-tok-in-china-and-the-us#:~:text=Although%20they're%20owned%20by,t%20offered%20in%20the%20U.S.

It is long-term strategy.

Something changed with TikTok. I've never installed the app, and I don't have an account, but have gone to the site via web browser (which I also keep scrubbed against malware and tracking cookies) and last night I went on TikTok just to scroll through some things randomly and virtually all of it was foreign-language, hardly any US content came up by default. That was previously not the case.

[Anonymous]

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/tiktok-banned-house-representatives-devices

So the repugs take the House and immediately declare war on the first amendment.

Color me shocked.

[Anonymous]

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/tiktok-banned-house-representatives-devices

So the repugs take the House and immediately declare war on the first amendment.

Color me shocked.

Republicans don't yet control the House. That starts in January.
And they didn't ban all social media apps. They only banned the one that has been proven to have been abused to spy on people. It's not about the First Amendment, it's about espionage.

Read up on it, here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/23/lawmakers-outrage-tiktok-spied-on-journalists/?sh=9a68e5d5d702

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the House (or Senate, or military, et al) have the authority to do this. This is a definite infringement on the first amendment.

You aren't being infringed on as there are plenty of other, more trustworthy platforms and apps to use. Use those instead.

A government entity telling someone they can’t use a speech platform IS THE DEFINITION OF INFRINGEMENT

Did you get your law degree from trump university, trumper???

Based on this logic, Congressmen can use their government resources to campaign for office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think the House (or Senate, or military, et al) have the authority to do this. This is a definite infringement on the first amendment.

Hilarious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the risk to me as an individual?

They can access data on your phone (sd card, photo, files, email, social media accounts etc).

If you have an iphone or know how to use your android, they can access what you've given them permission to access.

I don’t have TikTok on my phone, never had it. Chinese developed tech isn’t trustworthy. (I work in cybersecurity.)

I trust Apple’s software that lets me block access to photos, location data, contact, etc. from TikTok.

Really? Apple has a majority of their manufacturing in China. You should also be concerned about how TikTok filters through the videos that can be seen in China vs outside of China. Its all dumb dancing videos here with a rabbit hole for young kids but in China its almost all educational. https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/24/23467181/difference-between-tik-tok-in-china-and-the-us#:~:text=Although%20they're%20owned%20by,t%20offered%20in%20the%20U.S.

It is long-term strategy.

Something changed with TikTok. I've never installed the app, and I don't have an account, but have gone to the site via web browser (which I also keep scrubbed against malware and tracking cookies) and last night I went on TikTok just to scroll through some things randomly and virtually all of it was foreign-language, hardly any US content came up by default. That was previously not the case.

It could be that you got moved through a foreign server, which would trigger the language of that country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the risk to me as an individual?

They can access data on your phone (sd card, photo, files, email, social media accounts etc).

If you have an iphone or know how to use your android, they can access what you've given them permission to access.

I don’t have TikTok on my phone, never had it. Chinese developed tech isn’t trustworthy. (I work in cybersecurity.)

I trust Apple’s software that lets me block access to photos, location data, contact, etc. from TikTok.

Really? Apple has a majority of their manufacturing in China. You should also be concerned about how TikTok filters through the videos that can be seen in China vs outside of China. Its all dumb dancing videos here with a rabbit hole for young kids but in China its almost all educational. https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/24/23467181/difference-between-tik-tok-in-china-and-the-us#:~:text=Although%20they're%20owned%20by,t%20offered%20in%20the%20U.S.

It is long-term strategy.

Most of the people I follow are doctors, scientists and nurses. It’s affectionately known as “MedTok.”

[Anonymous]

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Biden demanding TikTok be sold or face a ban.