A 50-0 vote in a House committee to advance a bill that would require the divestment of TikTok from its Chinese parent company or ban it from the United States is dividing political and technology circles. Undergirding the debate is a mixture of virtue signaling (being tough on a geopolitical adversary), privacy concerns (Chinese government laws relating to corporate data are ironclad), and very reasonable concerns about how TikTok could be used to influence the upcoming elections in the United States, not to mention more mundane political life.
TikTok, capitalism, and whose side are you on?
TikTok, capitalism, and whose side are you…
TikTok, capitalism, and whose side are you on?
A 50-0 vote in a House committee to advance a bill that would require the divestment of TikTok from its Chinese parent company or ban it from the United States is dividing political and technology circles. Undergirding the debate is a mixture of virtue signaling (being tough on a geopolitical adversary), privacy concerns (Chinese government laws relating to corporate data are ironclad), and very reasonable concerns about how TikTok could be used to influence the upcoming elections in the United States, not to mention more mundane political life.