Chief TWiT Mar 23, 2023

I really wonder how these members of Congress propose to "ban" TikTok.

Remove it from the app stores? Great. No more security fixes for users.

Build a great Firewall of the US? Pretty unseemly for a "democratic" nation.

Make it illegal to have TikTok on your phone? Pardon me, citizen. I need to examine your device.

Failing a workable way to ban an app I'm afraid this is all just performative sabre rattling.

Show threadScott Jenson
@leo I totally appreciate your point, banning a single app is impossible to enforce, and intellectually precarious. As an many have already said, if we were to have a stronger set of data protection laws in place (one can dream), this would make the problem SO MUCH easier: just pull any app that violated those laws.
Mar 23, 2023 at 2:49pmWeb