Posted on 09/21/2020 7:07:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
He says that they are a security threat. If so, it is time to show the world the evidence.
President Trump’s plan to severely restrict the popular WeChat and TikTok apps could be viewed as a tit-for-tat for China’s yearslong prohibition of American services like Facebook and Google. But I’d like to think we’re better than that.
The president has cited security concerns in his quest to force the sale of the U.S. operations of TikTok to an American firm, setting off a bidding war that reached its nadir when he called for a fee to be paid to the Treasury Department for consummating a deal.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, in a statement, said the decision was in the course of “promoting our national values, democratic rules-based norms, and aggressive enforcement of U.S. laws and regulations.”
But President Trump’s effort to force the issue seems oddly personal, particularly given the scant public evidence so far that the Chinese government has infiltrated the apps to spy on Americans. And it flies in the face of a deeply held American value: freedom of speech. Perhaps the president is still sore that TikTok users claimed that they helped spoil his June rally in Tulsa, Okla., for which he had boasted that almost one million people requested tickets.
While much of the public discussion has focused on TikTok, the enormously popular video-sharing app, the prohibitions on WeChat are more sweeping and devastating. They also strike a blow at American principles around global commerce.
As of Sunday, all financial transactions will be restricted on WeChat, a communications, e-commerce and news site, as well as internet hosting or the use of the app’s code in other services in the United States, among other restrictions.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
The news comes via Hu Xijin, the editor of the Global Times and prominent CCP mouthpiece on Twitter.
Based on what I know, Beijing won't approve current agreement between ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, and Oracle, Walmart, because the agreement would endanger China's national security, interests and dignity. — Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) September 21, 2020
Ironically, Beijing is claiming that the deal would harm its "national security interests," which is exactly the same reason given by Trump for trying to shut TikTok down. It looks like the battle over majority ownership is what officially sunk the deal, though the Global Times didn't delve into specifics.
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Not controlled by the powers that be. So it could be a free speech platform and that is dangerous.
Just like Assange and Epstein and Snowden are dangerous.
The chinese "principles" of theft of intellectual property, currency manipulation, the latest pandemic coverup, to name just a few international transgressions, is already well known world wide.
TikTok = Porn site for children
When my daughter lived in China it was the only way to talk to them. Of course we knew we were being listen to. We pretty much knew the aye was watching us as she cleaned and cooked. And the driver took us every where so they knew exactly where we were.
The NYT should be at the top of his list, so what of it.
America has a Constitutional defense of a Free Press. Where is it?
The NYT wants to cripple Donald Trump and his supporters. Why?
Like a stopped clock, the NYT is right on this.
Hey idiot NYT, it’s because China is harvesting the data is why, see?
RE: Hey idiot NYT, it’s because China is harvesting the data is why, see?
This is not going to impress the NYT. They are asking for evidence.
Because they are Chicom Humint collection resources.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_intelligence_(intelligence_gathering)
My daddy just deployed to Guam to command an air wing.
See how this works folks?
Four anonymous sources told him they are national security threats.
Is that a good reason the NYT will to accept as true and without question?
And having 'camps' and other goodies. Yet the trade deal is still good and fine. Odd.
The nytimes is very willing to sacrifice our safety to benefit the chicoms. chicoms are giving big bucks to biden’s campaign because he will reward them big time. Also, the nytimes hates Trump and everything he does.
> But I’d like to think we’re better than that.
Spoken like a true nutless douchebag.
Yes, Trump is complicit either knowingly or not. Maybe he just needs to go along to get the money to get reelected. That’s the optimist in me.
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