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davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Paris Marx: The TikTok ban is all about preserving US power

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Paris Marx: The TikTok ban is all about preserving US power

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davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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The TikTok ban is all about preserving US power
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The platform isn’t a national security threat, but a challenge to Silicon Valley’s dominance
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    I thought government employees were already banned from having TikTok on their devices. Does that not also apply to military personnel?

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      TikTok is banned from official devices, i.e. and phone provided by the DoD, etc. There is no ban on it being on a personal phone; just a strong recommendation against having the app.

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      That just doesn’t seem very enforceable.

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        How so? Have them use government equipment and restrict what gets installed on that equipment. It’s not that hard.

        They can use what they want on their personal devices, and the government can restrict access to their personal devices while they’re on duty

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          Right, so not banning it on their devices, which would be hard to enforce.

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            Banning on personal devices would likely be unconstitutional, unless there’s a nationwide ban. Banning on work devices is totally acceptable.

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        @EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world @Chozo@fedia.io

        The fiasco is just political theater. Watch the right hand, don’t see what the left hand is doing.

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      Hard to say, they’re in a different chain of command.

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