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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

TikTok is not being banned to protect anyone's privacy.

[–] jfrnz@lemm.ee -3 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Fine, what national security obligations are US-based social media companies meeting that TikTok/ByteDance is not?

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago

TikTok/bytedance are controlled by a rival country. US based companies can, of course, help our rivals too but there's some degree of separation that makes it a bit harder to address/discover.

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago

The PATRIOT act.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

It's not about what they aren't doing. It's something they are doing.