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TikTok plans to sue Trump administration over US ban
TikTok plans to sue the Trump administration over its executive order banning transactions between U.S. companies and the popular video-sharing app as well as its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.
"Even though we strongly disagree with the Administration's concerns, for nearly a year we have sought to engage in good faith to provide a constructive solution," a TikTok spokesperson told The Hill. "What we encountered instead was a lack of due process as the Administration paid no attention to facts and tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses," the spokesperson continued. "To ensure that the rule of law is not discarded and that our company and users are treated fairly, we have no choice but to challenge the Executive Order through the judicial system," the spokesperson added.
Also at NYT and Business Insider.
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(Score: 1) by Sulla on Sunday August 23 2020, @09:37PM (2 children)
There is something fun with TikTok that you can verify yourself. Download TikTok and download Twitter, make some burner accounts and let them be tied together (TikTok wants permission for Twitter). Then go and follow some extreme right-wing sources that might criticize China like Scott Adams (Dilbert cartoonist), Michael Malice, Lou Dobbs, etc. Wait for anyone you followed on twitter to make an anti-China comment and then test to see whether or not you are still following them. Scott Adams has had people complain to him for months now that they will randomly get unfollowed until he finally realized the TikTok connection when he attacks China over fentanyl. I tried it for myself with Adams and saw it happen, was very interesting.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2020, @04:38PM (1 child)
Are you saying that your tiktok app unfollow people in your twitter app?
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Monday August 24 2020, @06:22PM
Yes.
https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/connect-or-revoke-access-to-third-party-apps [twitter.com]
https://thetrichordist.com/2019/11/03/as-national-security-concerns-grow-twitter-gives-tiktok-control-of-your-twitter-account/ [thetrichordist.com]
Now I don't know why people would allow their apps to connect, or why anyone has apps on their phone in the first place, but mei ban fa.
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