Do you support the Restrict Act which is essentially to block TikTok and many more websites? Just for Background, these websites/Apps are banned in China using similar restrictions - Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, Dropbox, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg News, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, BBC Wikipedia (English version), Twitch, Vimeo, SoundCloud, WordPress.com, Tumblr, Flickr, Medium, The Guardian, Le Monde Deutsche Welle Radio Free Asia Voice of America, GitHub, Slack, Zoom, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Pinterest, Quora, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Disney+, ESPN, Microsoft Azure, Apple iCloud, Steam Reddit Imgur, Dailymotion, Archive.org, Amnesty International Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders
Make it a poll
Americans can’t handle freedom of speech, so they need to control it.
I think it’s spying and misinformation campaigning under the guise of free speech and that is a vulnerability within the US (thanks to the lack of education) . People may not have critical thinking skills and can easily be manipulated. We’ve seen it the past 22 years and 9/11 was the beginning.
Freest speech in the world baby!
I support everything that is anti CCP in any way, shape or form. I love the Chinese people and the country but fuck the CCP. The Chinese people themselves would probably love to see the CCP die.
Support CCP
Yes I don't think any data collected on US citizens should be accessible to the CCP. Given that China restricts other countries' companies, they can stfu.
Support for sure. It's not whether the US is following China or not. It's what's right for the US. This whole US shouldn't do what China is doing debate is BS. China bans app from all countries. There are reasons why apps from certain countries do compromise national security and China is most likely one of them. Why have nation specific immigration laws in place otherwise?
Didn’t read the act but “restricting apps hosted in countries that restrict US based apps or companies” is the minimum we can do even if TikTok was not spyware. One sided economic warfare is one where only your side loses
The RESTRICT Act is a digital Patriot Act. It is far, far too broad. Apparently, even doing something like holding cryptocurrencies or using a VPN could be considered crimes under its rules. I think TikTok should be banned. I don’t support this bill, though. It is an overreach of government power in an absolutely terrible way and will make many people criminals over night without them even knowing about it.
The problem is some senators haven't even read the bill
From spying perspective, I don't support the ban. From competition perspective, I don't support giving countries access to our free market when they don't respond in kind. Ban TikTok and all Chinese social media!
Trade is supposed to be reciprocal. China hasn't held up their end of bargain, why should we? Having the extra access to 2nd biggest market in the world is a huge competitive advantage.
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China does many other things differently, should we choose to follow those well then?
So if North Korea had apps US should allow them here?
They’re embargoed. If they publish in another nation’s store, then yes, they are likely allowed.