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Biden’s TikTok Flip-Flop: President Rushes To Undo Ban He Championed As Backlash Grows
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I'm not convinced having a specific ruling targeting just tiktok would be a good move. I think I understand and side with all the reasons they are doing it: be it privacy, security and more. But they should not uniquely apply to tiktok, but to all apps. If suddenly there's a Russian app, or a Nigerian app or a swiss app, any which for whatever reasons has security and privacy concerns, they should all be held to the same standards. Me no like double standards.
It's never been about data, it's an awakening of class conscientiousness from people that threatens their existence and power. Now that people can see the lies we've always been told about China via RedNote we believe them even less.
There's plenty of american companies willing to sell sensitive data to anyone with money to buy. We need an overhaul of data privacy and all this focus on singular companies is missing the forest for the trees.