US lawmakers: Chinese-owned TikTok a security risk | DW News

[@bobsthea]

everything is national security threat for U.S. these days

[@Matthew-rp3jf]

China doesnt have a leg to stand on as they dont allow facebook and other US apps/sites in china either.

[@lv3609]

Those media platforms aren’t banned: it just Chinese laws and regulations demands those media to handover data of the Chinese users activities when requested by government. Of course western social media wouldn’t do that and either left Chinese market or was blocked by Chinese Great Firewall. 📢 (I hate YT censoring my rational posts, no insults no hate speech) 📢

[@HybridHumaan]

They also don't allow the international version of TikTok in china, which is something totally trustworth, not. Why are they selling us a product that is not allowed to be distibuted amonhst their own people?!

[@wayangpok]

@@HybridHumaanThey have a stricter one in China due to the Chinese government stricter control on internet contents. Tik Tok is a watered down version of that.

[@nguyenbaokhanh2005]

Vì như phương Tây va Mỹ bảo là TQ không có nhân quyền, còn phương Tây và Mỹ có tự do và nhân quyền, phương Tây và Mỹ có thể cấm Tik tok nhưng đừng rao giảng tự do và nhân quyền với TRung Quốc nước nữa, đạo đức giả.

[@sportszone9159]

Because Facebook conducted a terrorist attack in 2009, don't forget that

[@inupisjg]

Can we get a ban on our own government manipulating social media?

[@urbansenicar81]

As a European mutual banning of platforms by China and the USA only draws me to a conclusion, that I'm spied by both.

[@vladnickul]

you are. the different thing is. if the your government or any government in "the west" wants your data, they must to that with a judge. China does not hold this step. BTW China has a ban on YT and instagram and so much more. They don't really want their citizens not to be under their control or to be exposed to "foreign values" You just saw that trump is only there for the money. :)

[@davidwong5197]

What can they find out?

[@arshavindrameh32]

The right move ! Ban it ASAP

[@amunra5330]

Did the Indian government build new toilets in 2024?

[@AntoineWilliams7118]

Why are you reporting this now?!? This has been going on for like ten years!!!!

[@RoadstersRegistry]

Blame game doesn't work

[@maxdout564]

I'd be okay with Tiktok if X, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky etc weren't banned in China.

[@markatto33]

ban tik tok, china doesnt care

[@lv3609]

@maxdout564 Those media platforms aren’t banned: it just Chinese laws and regulations demands those media to handover data of the Chinese users activities when requested by government. 📢 (I hate YT censoring my rational posts, no insults no hate speech) 📢

[@gaborrajnai6213]

Arent they like a horrible dictatorship for banning facebook?

[@lv3609]

@@gaborrajnai6213 They are not banning Facebook, they’re requesting information of Chinese users activities. Facebook and other western media said that they won’t do that so they had to leave Chinese market (blocked on Chinese Great Firewall)

[@Donotsellyourselfshort]

@@gaborrajnai6213I thought Trump was buddy with china

[@TheBf666]

"I got a soft spot in my heart for tik tok". Your personal feelings doesn't mean anything as a leader. You got to do the right thing for everyone, not you.

[@johnkong8035]

Only the United States has the right to collect data from other countries through iPhone, Android, and Windows

[@MrHobbesandlocke]

It may be a risk, but who else could be deemed a risk in the future by lawmakers not liking criticism?

[@EuroTravChannel]

Are Africans natural friends of Chinese? I want to use this example to show that: the host passes EU anti China sentiment in order to secure his tenure at DW.

[@AB_123_AB]

Funny how Europe doesn't consider facebook, x, instagram, youtube, etc. to be foreign.

[@vladnickul]

is it?

[@malahammer]

Some Chinese billionaire has just offered trump a few million or billion!

[@davidwong5197]

Jeff Yaz is American, He gave 94M.

[@gregorywilson2124]

Trump is on their side because they help him personally. Thats a reasonable way for an individual to react. I don’t think it should be banned. It should be regulated. Data in the USA.

[@Nightengale0000]

Please ban it

[@sinkakara]

One way to deal with this problem is to make information worthless.

[@davidwong5197]

That will bankrupt Zuck

[@kevinkk8113]

Toilet paper will soon be US national security

[@sangduong7034]

Donate money to buy tiktok for an American company, that's the best way 👍👍👍

[@humanistreason]

Yes, any digital platform can and likely is. But why do we only ask about China's?

[@liang8255]

What happened last time when they were trying to ban Tiktok?? That was years ago, no? Still playing failed drill? Tell you what, if you can ban it, you would have done it last time, years ago!

[@marshalllapenta7656]

Tik Tok's Term of Service is over 25 pages. Notice how the professor never got into the details?

[@nxo91]

Other companies sell your data too...John Oliver did a nice piece on this recently.

[@loo6837]

Deutsche Welle of pro-Israel and anti-Palestinian bias, allege that they have heard colleagues make Islamophobic and dehumanising remarks about Palestinians and protesters in the Berlin office with impunity

[@linwang4440]

Not at trump term.Trump trust tiktok more than domestic news platform such as cnn etc.

[@Retr0racin]

They dont need tik tok to access your data.

[@gaborrajnai6213]

BTW all what they need is a relay server in canada or anywhere where its legal, and they are back in business.

[@lv3609]

But but but, the 51st State wouldn’t do that, right? right? 🤔 🤪 🤣🤣🤣

[@1.4billion65]

Tiktok use US server for years

[@vladzîîîî]

Who'd have thought huh

[@samanthaw4955]

Yawn 🥱

[@asperse458]

Absolutely correct move

[@volkerengels5298]

Aynne Kokas tells us with a smile.....

[@amunra5330]

Censorship at its and the the west talks about freedom of speech lol

[@malahammer]

No social media app has ever been a means of "free speech", cop on to yourself! Stand on a corner somewhere and shout, this is the only means of free speech.

[@gaborrajnai6213]

@@malahammer Oh yeah our overlords dont really like if truth gets out somehow...

[@MrBluejfo5]

Not letting the CCP use our freedoms against us is pretty smart.

[@markatto33]

THIS IS DESPERATION, just another sign of the times for usa

[@TingMo-n4i]

TikTok helped Trump win. Keep TIKTOK alive in the US

[@WhyWorldWet]

More reason to ban it

[@gaborrajnai6213]

NSA cares about your privacy fellow American comrade! We want our full American youtube censorship now!

[@boon3736]

Haha ...when u lose election ..it bcoz of foreign influence...

[@im_organic_mojo]

KZbin > tik tok

[@safemode6433]

bilibili >> youtube

[@dissaid]

@nsa lol

[@sangduong7034]

Donate money to buy tiktok for an American company , that's the best way 👍👍👍

[@sangduong7034]

Donate money to buy tiktok for an American company,that's the best way 👍👍👍

[@sangduong7034]

Donate money to buy tiktok for an American company,that's the best way 👍👍👍

[@sangduong7034]

Donate money to buy tiktok for an American company , that's the best way 👍👍👍

[@davidwong5197]

LOL they don't need your donation. TT is worth 400 to 500B. You can;t afford it.

[@sangduong7034]

Donate money to buy tiktok for an American company,that's the best way 👍👍👍

[@sangduong7034]

Donate money to buy tiktok for an American company,that's the best way 👍👍👍

[@sangduong7034]

Donate money to buy tiktok for an American company,that's the best way 👍👍👍