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Trump to block U.S. downloads of TikTok, WeChat on Sunday
CNBC ^ | 9-18-20 | Steve Kovach

Posted on 09/18/2020 5:41:34 AM PDT by grayhog

The Commerce Department announced Friday morning that it would ban U.S. business transactions with Chinese-owned social apps WeChat and TikTok on Sunday.

The announcement comes ahead of an expected statement Friday by President Donald Trump on whether or not the government will approve a deal for Oracle to take a minority stake in TikTok and become a “trusted technology partner” for the company in the U.S.

It’s unclear if the Commerce Department’s announcement means there’s no possibility of a deal going through before the Sunday deadline, and it could be an aggressive move from the Trump Administration to push for its original intention for TikTok to be fully owned by a U.S. company.

“At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data, while promoting our national values, democratic rules-based norms, and aggressive enforcement of U.S. laws and regulations.” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


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We should be worried that China will retaliate and block Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Google etc..

Oh wait, THEY ALREADY DO!

1 posted on 09/18/2020 5:41:34 AM PDT by grayhog
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To: grayhog

I like it when he tells big tech what to do. I think this may be the first time. I do not know why we don’t talk of big tech political censorship being a civil rights violation.


2 posted on 09/18/2020 5:46:49 AM PDT by BusterDog
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To: grayhog
If a US (or civilized nation’s) company buys It completely there might not be a problem.But “trusted partner”...trusted by the Butchers of Beijing? No thanks!
3 posted on 09/18/2020 5:53:35 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Thanks To Biden Voters Oregon Is Now A Battleground State!)
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To: grayhog

Trump needs to blow this off until the election. A ban will only antagonize GenZ and Millennial voters.


4 posted on 09/18/2020 6:04:29 AM PDT by montag813 (Nonsenze)
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To: grayhog

DJT doesn’t just talk. He acts.


5 posted on 09/18/2020 6:21:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: montag813

If our election can turn on Gen Z-ers angry that they can’t download TikTok, the country is lost anyhow.


6 posted on 09/18/2020 6:23:32 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: grayhog
Blocking downloads accomplishes little. Banning their use in the United States would be another matter.

Requiring Apple to revoke the app's certs would disable it on Apple devices.

Doing similar on the Android Play Store would ban the app's execution on Android devices (called "dropping the ban hammer" at Google.)

IMO, banning downloads means little/nothing. It's just telling the idiot millenials to hurry up and download it and gives them three days to do so.

7 posted on 09/18/2020 6:24:54 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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What I like about this move besides being BOLD, is that it will bring AWARENESS to todays youth whom survives on this app. daily, hourly. They will be forced to ask questions, initially they will be p*ssed, say What the F’, yet will have to in some way have to question why? For their own good and future, it brings to the forefront that China is not out for their best interest.


8 posted on 09/18/2020 6:37:02 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: Buckeye McFrog

If our election can turn on Gen Z-ers angry that they can’t download TikTok, the country is lost anyhow.

**************

The younger generations will at some point be deciding the future of the country and its pretty clear what they will be voting for.


9 posted on 09/18/2020 6:43:57 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: grayhog

“Thirteen year-olds hit hardest. Most vow not to vote for Trump in the upcoming election.”

“Democrats ask the thirteen year-olds...’What are you wearing?’.”


10 posted on 09/18/2020 7:11:37 AM PDT by moovova
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Houston Intervened in US Political Movement

http://chinascope.org/archives/24225

Radio Free Asia (RFA) published an article explaining the reason that the U.S. closed China’s Consulate in Houston.

The article stated that the U.S. has known that the staff members at the consulate were conducting suspicious activities, but, for a while, it did not take any action. The Second Department of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which is the PLA’s intelligence unit, sent staff members from a large network company, with fake IDs, to China’s Consulate in Houston. Those technicians used a large video platform’s backend data to identify people who might participate in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) and ANTIFA’s protests and then created and sent them customized videos on how to organize riots and how to do promotions.

The purpose was to “weaponize” big data technology. It delivered relevant materials precisely to those people who were most likely to participate in the protests, while other people could not even find those videos.

RFA did not spell out the company names. A Twitter account said the technicians were from Huawei and the video platform they used to identify candidates and push videos to was TikTok.

Sources:
1. Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2020
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/ear/ear-straw-08062020081345.html


11 posted on 09/18/2020 7:20:31 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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....malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data...

President Trump is spot on!!!!
TikTok, WeChat, and also Google, Facebook, Twitter, all social media, share the foundation of American Citizens’ Personal Data.

Social Media hoovers up all personal data to exploit, datamine, sell, and influence peoples opinions.

If you are going to hoover up peoples personal data, THEN YOU MUST SEND LARGE DOLLARS TO THE TREASURY.


12 posted on 09/18/2020 7:22:05 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: grayhog
I personally think that FB, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, and most other anonymous apps of social media may be the downfall of civilization. Without a real name in a post, you can say things you wouldn't say to a person's face.

Social media is NOT bringing people together, it's doing the opposite.

I was on Face Book for a couple of years just to experience it and look up old friends. I was surprised at the awful things said to me by who I considered a friend because I didn't agree with them. But what really made me cancel FB was the inane daily postings of people who thought others gave a shit about their breakfast or the 3 seconds more they ran or drive time to work or whether to have a taco or burger for lunch. Dip shits all.

Twitter is the worse. Anonymous posters saying just any crap they would never have the nerve to tell a person in real life. Never signed on and will never us it.

I have something to say, I'll use an open public board like this Free Republic or Town Hall.

However, for very personal or controversial messages, I used encrypted programs like ProtonMail.com. Catch is the end recipient has to be signed on also to decode the encryption. However, it's free.

13 posted on 09/18/2020 8:32:17 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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To: Republic Rocker
I appreciate your perspective. I hope you're correct that after these millenials say "what the f!" they question why the action was taken.

I personally don't think they're (a)that smart and (b)really care to be inquisitive about things. I'm willing to be wrong however.

14 posted on 09/18/2020 9:22:28 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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