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Trump Says He’ll Ban TikTok in U.S.
Breitbart ^ | 31 Jul 2020 | AP

Posted on 07/31/2020 8:01:05 PM PDT by KC_Lion

Edited on 07/31/2020 9:00:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ccp; ccpsyping; ccpvirus; chicoms; chicomspying; chicomspyingapp; china; chinesespyingapp; internet; presidenttrump; spayingapp; spy; spyapp; spying; tiktok; tiktokban; trump; trumpban
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To: Rastus

I never knew they put out music together. Man, Stevie Ray was one hell of a guitar player. Shame he died after getting sober.


21 posted on 07/31/2020 9:02:20 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: wastedyears

Oh, my. You have to hear Hard to Be and the Telephone Song. Tick Tock was a bit of a hit, I believe. Like I said, it has hippie lyrics (”People of the world, all get it together. Get it together for the boys and the girls”) but it sounds good.


22 posted on 07/31/2020 9:06:19 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: fieldmarshaldj

https://www.tiktok.com/@dknighton54

Here’s that dude, watch while you can


23 posted on 07/31/2020 9:14:40 PM PDT by Impy (Thug Lives Splatter)
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To: KC_Lion

China is planting many other seeds than TikTok.

Nevertheless:

MAGA!

Go Trump!

Exterminate the yellow peril in all its permutations.


24 posted on 07/31/2020 9:16:43 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: KC_Lion
This is a bad move, IMO. A lot of young people were getting red-pilled on Tik Tok.

I support banning it from U.S. gov't agencies and employees, though.

25 posted on 07/31/2020 9:22:20 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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To: KC_Lion

““I have that authority.””

I don’t think he does. But he may be able to really put pressure on them to behave.

The original company, Musical.ly which morphed into Tiktok, was established in the US with an office in Santa Monica, Ca, around 2016. Now TikTok is based in Los Angeles, with global offices in London, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Jakarta, Mumbai, and Moscow. Originally launched in 2016, the TikTok app now covers more than 150 countries and regions worldwide and supports more than 75 languages.

They were nailed by the FCC, however February 27, 2019. The following describes a Settlement that has been formally brought by a government agency. The Federal Trade Commission and Joseph H. Hunt (Assistant Attorney General), alleges and charges as follows:

The operators of the video social networking app Musical.ly, now known as TikTok, have agreed to pay $5.7 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company illegally collected personal information from children. This is the largest civil penalty ever obtained by the Commission in a children’s privacy case.

The FTC’s complaint, filed by the Department of Justice on behalf of the Commission, alleges that Musical.ly violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which requires that websites and online services directed to children obtain parental consent before collecting personal information from children under the age of 13.

“The operators of Musical.ly—now known as TikTok—knew many children were using the app but they still failed to seek parental consent before collecting names, email addresses, and other personal information from users under the age of 13,” said FTC Chairman Joe Simons. “This record penalty should be a reminder to all online services and websites that target children: We take enforcement of COPPA very seriously, and we will not tolerate companies that flagrantly ignore the law.”

They are an American company now on Olympic Blvd. in Santa Monica, so throwing them out of the country is impossible. He can apply pressure through Charlie and I hope he does. They knew what they wee doing.

rwood


26 posted on 07/31/2020 9:26:31 PM PDT by Redwood71
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To: KC_Lion

What’s a toilet bowl licker gonna do?

/s


27 posted on 07/31/2020 9:28:05 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: KC_Lion

If our kids have it, will it no longer work? How is this going to be accomplished?

Does this not fall under censorship? I’m honestly not sure how I feel about this one.


28 posted on 07/31/2020 9:29:47 PM PDT by ZephyrTX
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To: KC_Lion

The President has full authority to stop Tik Tok under his national security authority. This has been proven to be spyware. It doesn’t matter if the company has a U.S. office. It’s software is used for spying. The Chinese have been too clever by half and the President of the U.S. is only one of many worldwide leaders to decide to ban this Internet threat to his nation.


29 posted on 07/31/2020 9:57:06 PM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: KC_Lion

But I’m so good at that game. I never lose with either X’s or O’s.

Not tiktoktoe?

O Nevermind! /Litella


30 posted on 07/31/2020 9:58:28 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: absalom01

Yeah, probably not much crossover between the “wokees” and Trump voters. How many Tik Tok fans/users on FR I wonder? Oh well, no big loss I hadn’t even heard of “Tik-Tok” until a few months ago, and it was bad news RE: CCP spying on U.S. kids.
CA AG should be going after China as CA has a very strict online privacy law RE: kids, cookies, selling you info., etc...CA AG too busy suing PDJT for that tho..


31 posted on 07/31/2020 10:06:09 PM PDT by Drago
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To: KC_Lion

Clearly a national security issue that needs to be addressed...


32 posted on 07/31/2020 10:24:54 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: SuperLuminal

>> Clearly a national security issue that needs to be addressed...

What exactly is the NATSEC threat?


33 posted on 07/31/2020 10:29:10 PM PDT by Gene Eric (On Don't be a statist!)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

“This will cost him the 14-year-old votes.”

There may be some truth to that. 14 year olds will account for a substantial amount of universal mail in votes.


34 posted on 07/31/2020 10:31:16 PM PDT by map
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To: CivilWarBrewing
Don’t Plant those Seeds

35 posted on 07/31/2020 10:35:39 PM PDT by BigEdLB (BigedLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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To: BigEdLB

36 posted on 07/31/2020 10:40:35 PM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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This is meaningless. Trump says lots of things.


37 posted on 07/31/2020 10:54:43 PM PDT by moviefan8
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To: KC_Lion

Trump also said he was declaring ANTIFA a terrorist organization.


38 posted on 07/31/2020 11:01:23 PM PDT by NoLibZone (2020 wil be a mailinelection. One that the DNC will win.)
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To: KC_Lion

Yeah! Sadly, I won’t know the best stores in the area in which to loot though.


39 posted on 07/31/2020 11:09:42 PM PDT by zerosix (native sunflower)
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To: KC_Lion; Gamecock; Larry Lucido

[ Trump Says He’ll Ban TikTok in U.S. ]

Tic-toc for Tik-Tok?

It’s really getting ridicurous! /Donna Chang


40 posted on 07/31/2020 11:21:40 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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