Anyone else see that Dept of Commerce is wholesale blocking downloads of TikTok and WeChat in the US beginning Sunday?
I'm not a TikTok fan, but I'm even less a fan of the US following China's lead with the Great Firewall. Today it's TikTok and WeChat, but what comes next? Slippery slope...
@PrivacyL0st just read about it
if a deal isn't struck by 12th nov the app, apps, will be fully banned
so, as far as i can tell this is a temp-ban, and only affects downloads, until 12th nov users who have the app installed can still use the apps
@ecksmc As far as I'm concerned the fact that we're nationally blocking downloads of anything is a problem.
The timing is a little suspect too, given FB is a couple weeks out from debuting their competing product.
@ecksmc @th3j35t3r had posted up the FaceBook Inc PAC filing summary.... it looks like Zuck got a deal too ~$400k. Was probably worth way more... Trump really is just as shitty at business as he is at everything else...
@ecksmc I just took the time to actually browse the disbursements of the FB PAC.... a fair amount went to Trump's opposition. So whatever Zuck "paid" for the help was an even better deal than I thought...