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sunonmars

(8,657 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 07:48 AM Jul 2020

Pompeo tells Ingraham the administration is considering banning Chinese social media apps inc Tiktok

We all know why they really want to ban Tiktok though, don't we.................stop kids causin trouble......will backfire spectacularly.


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Pompeo tells Ingraham the administration is considering banning Chinese social media apps inc Tiktok (Original Post) sunonmars Jul 2020 OP
Did they already snatch up all the New Hampshire Rally BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #1
I'm mixed on this. I don't want to cede the slightest bit to the idea Pompeo has a moral bone left chia Jul 2020 #2
This MelissaB Jul 2020 #4
I'm curious. Apart from the claim that TikTok is spyware, panader0 Jul 2020 #5
Apple or Google could remove the app from their app stores, chia Jul 2020 #6
A VPN get's around that...and also making a second account HipChick Jul 2020 #7
Dump is still really pissed about his Tulsa rally flop, isn't he? fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #3

chia

(2,768 posts)
2. I'm mixed on this. I don't want to cede the slightest bit to the idea Pompeo has a moral bone left
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 08:54 AM
Jul 2020

in his body, and yet - TikTok is Chinese spyware and most of the kids are unaware.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
5. I'm curious. Apart from the claim that TikTok is spyware,
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 09:32 AM
Jul 2020

how do you ban something from the internet? I'm not too smart about the computer
or internet world, so I wonder how banning is done.

chia

(2,768 posts)
6. Apple or Google could remove the app from their app stores,
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 09:59 AM
Jul 2020

making it unavailable to download. I don't know what happens to all the apps already downloaded to devices.

HipChick

(25,594 posts)
7. A VPN get's around that...and also making a second account
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 10:01 AM
Jul 2020

in those countries where the app is available

This admin is out of touch about how technology works...

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