Justice Department fights back against TikTok lawsuit as forced app sale or US ban looms
Justice Department fights back against TikTok lawsuit as forced app sale or US ban looms
The Justice Department defended a law that could result in TikTok's US ban in a Friday court filing, saying it's about national security, not speech.
Putting aside the whole “China Government Bad” propaganda for a moment, how is this any different than Meta or Google and their data collection/use? So it’s okay is a US-based company does it?
Don’t get me wrong; I don’t want any of these fuckers to have free rein to our data, and I certainly don’t want them influencing us in any way. If anything, I want them to be more “equal” and include Meta, Google, Apple, and everyone else in their legislation. We need a GDPR of our own.
You can't put aside the fact that China is a hostile power that actively facilitates cyberattacks against the US. There's a huge difference between the US government being complicit in hacking for the sake of gathering information about threats and the Chinese government being complicit in ransomware and similar actual massively damaging attacks.
I also support limiting everyone else's data gathering. It's also a problem. But it is not anywhere near the level of an enemy controlling a malicious propaganda network. TikTok is a huge threat to national security, and the slow play instead of an outright ban has already done huge damage.