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Pompeo considering banning Chinese social media apps, Tiktok, WeChat???
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I'll try not to be political here (there's a thread for that, and I'm deliberately not participating). That report in the OP's post is pure click-bait.
The most they can do is ask government employees to remove it from their government issued devices.
Some of the "Chinese social media apps" are used by financial institutions as part of regulatory surveillance covered by the various agencies (CFTC, FINRA, etc). The financial institutions don't have a choice in surveilling these app communications because they need to evidence all communication with clients that use these apps to contact their Financial Advisors about trades.
There is no legal precedent for this administration to target an application based on it's origin. They will need to find evidence of spyware that harms national interests, present it to both Apple and Google, and get a court order to execute a removal. Whenever you see "considers" in a headline, it is government bravado at best, propaganda at worst.
On a lighter note, Tik Tok is too much fun to be banned. The younger generation uses Tik Tok as much as they use SnapChat. They will march to Pennsylvania Avenue and record hundreds of dance videos in protest and make us all laugh this click bait away.
The most they can do is ask government employees to remove it from their government issued devices.
Some of the "Chinese social media apps" are used by financial institutions as part of regulatory surveillance covered by the various agencies (CFTC, FINRA, etc). The financial institutions don't have a choice in surveilling these app communications because they need to evidence all communication with clients that use these apps to contact their Financial Advisors about trades.
There is no legal precedent for this administration to target an application based on it's origin. They will need to find evidence of spyware that harms national interests, present it to both Apple and Google, and get a court order to execute a removal. Whenever you see "considers" in a headline, it is government bravado at best, propaganda at worst.
On a lighter note, Tik Tok is too much fun to be banned. The younger generation uses Tik Tok as much as they use SnapChat. They will march to Pennsylvania Avenue and record hundreds of dance videos in protest and make us all laugh this click bait away.
The US and India have very different laws. An Indian court banned TikTok because "it could expose children to sexual predators, pornographic content and cyberbullying". We have our freedom of press case law that held up in court that allow pornographic content with reasonable protection (Hustler, etc). We have a far way to go to protect children from cyberbullying as there is no platform that adequately does this today and most sites anti-predation efforts are reactionary at best. As for the court order, Apple and Google fight court orders all the time. The most famous case was a FISA order to subvert the security of the iPhone to help in a suspected terrorist investigation. Just like here, it made headlines as a form of political pressure. Apple never relented and the government dropped its case. The government tried to win in the court of public opinion and lost. They did not want to lose in court as that precedent would have damaged other FISA orders.
TG - As you know, Pompeo is Secretary of State. This is simply not his his jurisdiction. He is communicating news for the current administration and citing that this is about "privacy concerns" just like they did with Huawei. For Huawei, they claimed the hardware did something specific to breach standard security measures. I don't see how they can do that with software in Apple's and Google's app stores that both screens apps for such security flaws prior to allowing a listing in their respective app stores. I don't see an angle for the administration to win here. My guess is that it is just a headline to create public pressure like they did with the iPhone case. The only reason Pompeo would make the announcement is that the administration is trying to create economic pressure for other negotiations that are in play. TikTok is just a pawn on the board.
TG - As you know, Pompeo is Secretary of State. This is simply not his his jurisdiction. He is communicating news for the current administration and citing that this is about "privacy concerns" just like they did with Huawei. For Huawei, they claimed the hardware did something specific to breach standard security measures. I don't see how they can do that with software in Apple's and Google's app stores that both screens apps for such security flaws prior to allowing a listing in their respective app stores. I don't see an angle for the administration to win here. My guess is that it is just a headline to create public pressure like they did with the iPhone case. The only reason Pompeo would make the announcement is that the administration is trying to create economic pressure for other negotiations that are in play. TikTok is just a pawn on the board.
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