How come every thread I see about this topic, there is nobody who is concerned about letting the federal government dictate which apps you can and cannot use to communicate with other people? This is some 1984 shit.

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Because it isn't new nor special.

Apps are a Service and services have been and are regulated for decades now and the system have been always arbitrary as fuck.

In the case of TikTok, the west, as a military alliance, should be concerned due to the nature of current valid Chinese laws and the implications of it.

And e.g. facebook has proven that they don't like to stick to rules about how to handle data. In case of TikTok, this could easily have bigger implications for e.g. the American military.

[–] turkishdelight@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well, you can expect China doing the same. This kind of behaviour triggers retalliation.

[–] solarvector@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You might look into the apps they have already banned.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

They were blocking the bulk of the internet via their great firewall before mobile apps were even a thing