U.S. Senator Josh Hawley wants to ban TikTok nationwide

[Diamond_Dog]

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican and China hawk, said on Tuesday that he would introduce a bill to ban the short video app TikTok in the United States.

TikTok, whose parent is the Chinese company ByteDance, already faces a ban that would stop federal employees from using or downloading TikTok on government-owned devices.

"TikTok is China's backdoor into Americans' lives. It threatens our children's privacy as well as their mental health," he said on Twitter. "Now I will introduce legislation to ban it nationwide."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senator-josh-hawley-wants-ban-tiktok-nationwide-2023-01-24/

[TheRealNorth]

1. Young people use it....

And it steers them away from the RW cesspools on Fakebook and Twitter, so it must be banned.

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. It absolutely is Chinese spyware.

But it doesn’t do anything every other social media network does and it’s way too late to do anything about it. Your preferences, info and everything else is out there.

[Peregrine Took]

3. I'm not young but I LOVE Tik Tok! Love it! So interesting. n/t

[xmas74]

4. I bet it has nothing to do with the numerous activists

And MO politicians who are on there regularly and attack him on it regularly.

[Caliman73]

5. He may not be wrong on this.

Tic Tok uses a different type of AI software that gathers so much data on its users that can be utilized by the owners of the company, in conjunction with the Chinese government, to target propaganda. It also reportedly collects information about other apps, texts, camera information, including recording you without your consent, etc...

It is not a harmless app, even though Hawley is a POS. Remember the Nixon signed the EPA into law. We can still dislike Hawley and make fun of him, but people do need to look into what is behind Tic Tok. President Biden has already banned the app from government phones and electronics.

[edhopper]

6. The purpose of Tik Tok

is data collection for the Chinese goverment. The video part is just a feature. It should have been banned long ago.

[WA-03 Democrat]

7. Correct!

It pains me to agree with Josh but in this case, I agree 100%