Montana TikTok users are speaking out after the governor became the first in the U.S. to sign a ban, set to take effect in January 2024. #cnn #news #tiktokban #montana
TikTok users in Montana respond to ban
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SO WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO TO STOP 🛑 IT, HAVE A TIKTOK 🚨 POLICE MONITORING EVERYONE’S 📱 PHONES ETC.ETC 😂😂😂
Content creators would be exposed due to their payment details are easily available.
no you just force Tik-Tok to set up the algorithm so it’s not allowed within Montana pretty straightforward and done all the time with all sorts of websites like Google YouTube and pretty much any of the other including Tik-Tok itself in China!
All states should ban it
Yeah it’s really making me mad how they do ban it already because I live in Texas and it’s still not banned
i hope too, tiktok is dumb
Why
@Michael why
TikTok should be completely banned from the entire country. It is a cancer.
But the lonely peoples of MT need the support of strangers!
It’s blood in vein
By your logic guns should be banned
people make money on Tik Tok.
But i Decided to Start The Band and one way or another i will Ban it
Good Riddance!!!!
How and why ?
Ban it
Why
Fun Fact…..
64% of people under 20 years old would give up their right to vote before giving up posting on social media (Reboot poll, Feb 2023).
Actually the poll you’re referring to was for people under 20 of which they actually polled teens aged 13 -17, none of which can vote.
Fun Fact…..
Our version of TikTok is banned in china.
The Chinese version is educational and national pride oriented.
I don’t use tik tok but a ban on a small group affects a bigger number of people, the creators, viewers etc. although I think tik tok is trash, only authoritarianism take away rights like this.
no pretty much most governments would do that when they can be used for espionage.
“Get out of that state!”
Ban it! Ban it!
Why
@Jack Smith tiktok is cringe
@RavenMatthewgrow up 😂
@RavenMatthew how so ?
So no more massive passive income I think, they must fight as we will fight here too if any
I agree. Someone needs to look into how much money is “donated” to the Governor by Google…
About time. It’s a start. Let’s hope it catches on and the rest of the states get on the ban wagon. Come on America, create your own ap!
Hater
No hate here. Truth is, the China ap has problems. Time for us to make one better. 👍
Just use a VPN 😊
Most people don’t understand the risk behind TikTok or just don’t care about the safety of them self and the country
In China, (1) the state can force Chinese nationals at home and abroad to carry out military activities in their respective countries (National Defense Mobilization Law, effective in 2010); (2) the state can force Chinese nationals at home and abroad to do spy activities in their respective countries. (National Intelligence Law, effective 2017). Chinese citizens who do not follow the instructions and orders of the Chinese government will be arrested and have no option to decline.
Together, these two laws create the most dangerous security situation for every country.
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Everyone from FBI directors to FCC (Federal Communications Commission) commissioners to cybersecurity experts have made clear the risks of TikTok being used to spy on users. It mentions that the Chinese company collects TikTok user data, which it says includes users’ (1) personal information, (2) intellectual property, and (3) location data.
The Chinese Government could use Tiktok to collect data on billions of users or control the recommendation algorithm for ‘Influence Operation’.
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TikTok is owned and operated by Beijing-based Chinese company ByteDance, and Chinese law requires the app’s data to be made available to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Under China’s National Intelligence Law (effective 2017), the Chinese government can demand all data from all Chinese companies around the world. TikTok previously said all U.S. users are stored in the U.S., but in July confirmed that employees in China and outside the U.S. could access U.S. user data. At a congressional hearing in September, TikTok executives refused to promise to stop American data from flowing to China.
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TikTok’s US privacy policy indicates the company may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information such as face prints and voice prints.
TikTok’s US privacy policy : “We may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information as defined under U.S. laws, such as faceprints and voiceprints, from your User Content. “
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TikTok’s parent company ByteDance’s hiring criteria favor members of the Communist Party of China. Many managers, key figures and executives in the company are members of the CCP. To demonstrate its loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party, it hired more staff for the department that acts as a censorship agency and removed content that was not consistent with the Chinese government’s wishes. In 2018, the Chinese government made Communist Party members of ByteDance pledge to sacrifice everything for the party and never leave the party.
Tiktok can exist on any kind of website in the form of a Tiktok pixel/tracker, allowing Tiktok to collect data even if you have never used the app. Websites with embedded Tiktok videos can be used to place trackers on devices and steal usernames and passwords, credit card and banking information, and personal health details.
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, could share user data with the Chinese government to spy and spread disinformation.
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User Data TikTok Collects
* Device of the user
* IP address
* Mobile carrier
* Time zone settings
* Model of the user’s device
* Device system
* Network type
* Device IDs
* Screen resolution
* Operating system
* App and file names and types
* Keystroke patterns or rhythms
* Battery state
* Audio settings
* Connected audio devices
* faceprints and voiceprints
* Media metadata
* Name
* Date of birth
* Phone number
* email
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The government of Lithuania in Europe has called for a boycott of Chinese smartphones, citing surveillance features. In order to prevent Lithuanians from accessing information that is inconvenient for the Chinese government, China is indirectly monitoring it through mobile phones.🇯🇵🇺🇦🇹🇼🇱🇹🇨🇦🇺🇸🇯🇵
Lithuania has been calling for a boycott of Chinese smartphones because they have surveillance functions.
In September 2021, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense warned that the products of Xiaomi, 小米集团, a major Chinese smartphone circulating in the country, have a built-in function to detect terms that the Chinese government is wary of and restrict the use of content.
The ministry called on public institutions and consumers to boycott smartphones made in China and dispose of purchased products.
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According to a report released by the Ministry of Defense, Xiaomi’s smartphone had a built-in function to detect terms that the Chinese government warns against, such as “Free Tibet” and “Long live Taiwan independence.”
More than 400 terms are believed to be subject to monitoring, and if those terms are included in content downloaded by users, the download will be automatically blocked.
It also confirmed that encrypted phone usage data was sent to a server in another country.
A senior Lithuanian defense ministry official said: “We recommend that you do not buy new Chinese smartphones, and if you have already bought one, dispose of it as soon as possible.”
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Since the enactment of China’s anti-espionage law, there have been many cases of foreigners being detained or arrested in China. Because “suspicious espionage” is mainly handled not only by public security but also by the National Security Agency, the interrogation is the most severe and the detention environment is inhumane.
Following the passage of the Anti-Espionage Law, the local government’s National Security Office enacted rules encouraging reporting of “espionage.” Since 2017, the Beijing Municipal State Security Bureau has been offering rewards of up to 500,000 yuan (8.5 million yen; 645,400 US dollars) to encourage the informant system.
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It is a situation in which even Chinese people can be accused of “violating the law” simply by contributing to foreign newspapers or responding to interviews on foreign television.
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Anti-espionage law (Counter-espionage Law) is a law that regulates activities such as the National Security Agency, which was enacted in 2014 to crack down on “espionage activities”.
At the end of 2022, the Chinese government expanded the definition of “espionage” from the current law. He announced a plan to expand the “anti-espionage law” to strengthen the authority of the National Security Agency, which leads the crackdown, and penalties for those arrested. An expanded anti-espionage law is expected to be passed in the summer of 2023.
The proposed expansion of the Anti-Espionage Law requires that state secret information be provided to a third party in a concrete manner as it is, and that documents and materials related to state secrets that may adversely affect national security or interests. Providing and “stealing” will also fall under “espionage”.
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The proposed expansion of the “anti-espionage law” would greatly increase the powers of the National Security Agency, the agency that is responsible for the investigation, and could, for example, force tests on those targeted for “espionage” and ban them from leaving the country. Depending on the judgment of the National Security Agency, an extremely wide range of “information leaks” will be covered, and cases such as public information leaked from private companies and public institutions that do not comply with the intentions of the National Security Agency will be exposed.
And if a person refuses an information request from the National Security Agency for “espionage” by a colleague or another person, that person can at least be fined.
The proposed expansion of the “anti-espionage law” would allow the Chinese government to unfairly detain Japanese and foreigners in China, increasing scrutiny of Japanese and foreigners in China.
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A university professor was suddenly detained just before returning to Japan, and an appeal by a Japanese sentenced to prison was easily dismissed by the court. As the number of people has increased, the number of Japanese and foreigners who will be arrested will increase in the future due to the expansion of the definition of the “anti-espionage law”.
The Chinese government will give the State Security Agency the power to search the bags of those suspected of “espionage” and to bar citizens from leaving the country who may “endanger” national security. A “fine” is imposed for refusing to provide evidence of spying on others.
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In addition to the provision of “state secrets” under the current law, the proposed expansion of “espionage” includes “stealing” and “collecting” “other documents, data, materials, and goods related to national security and interests, etc. There is no mention of what is contrary to national security or interests.
Collecting information about Chinese companies and collecting historical materials are also considered “espionage” if the National Security Administration determines that they are against “national interests.”
In the political report of the Communist Party Congress in October last year, Xi Jinping repeatedly referred to “national security,” calling on party members to “perform a comprehensive view of national security.” This “security view” presented in 2014 covers 11 items, including “politics,” national land, military affairs, economy, and “culture.”
“Political security” refers to the maintenance and stability of the Communist Party regime. In China, where there is no alternative to the Communist Party, there is a perception that if the party loses power, the country will split and fall into chaos.
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The powers of the National Security Agency are endlessly strengthened. The expanded proposal stipulates that electronic devices, equipment and programs of persons or organizations suspected of espionage can also be investigated.
Many researchers and business people with connections to China will be affected by the proposed expansion.
There are 17 Japanese detained in connection with the “anti-espionage law.” In the future, this number will undoubtedly increase. Foreign researchers may be detained if they conduct research in China.
Xi Jinping has strengthened his stance of emphasizing “national security,” but the definition is ambiguous, and the government’s arbitrary judgment is subject to exposure. In China, the Communist Party exists above the law. The proposed expansion of the “anti-espionage law” plays a greater role in keeping things out of China. Japanese and foreigners visiting China run the risk of being detained.
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In China, (1) the state can force Chinese nationals at home and abroad to carry out military activities in their respective countries (National Defense Mobilization Law, effective in 2010); (2) the state can force Chinese nationals at home and abroad to do spy activities in their respective countries. (National Intelligence Law, effective 2017). Chinese citizens who do not follow the instructions and orders of the Chinese government will be arrested and have no option to decline.
Together, these two laws create the most dangerous security situation for every country.
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The world will decouple from China and Russia.
The world will put the most severe economic sanctios on China as we do on Russia.
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