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by smt88 548 days ago
TikTok said it wasn't exfiltrating data and turned out to be lying.

I don't really understand the argument that this is a First Amendment issue. TikTok was asked to protect its users from CCP surveillance. It didn't. Now the US is forcing it to cut ties with the CCP.

TikTok can continue to operate if it complies. Its owners and users have lost no freedom to speak either way.
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pizza 548 days ago
> TikTok said it wasn't exfiltrating data and turned out to be lying.

Is there a source for that?

The Wikipedia article [0] states "There has been no public evidence of American TikTok user data being accessed by the Chinese government" backed by three sources (124-126) from earlier this year.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_TikTok_in_the_...

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2OEH8eoCRo0 547 days ago
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/05/06/for...

> A former TikTok executive suing the platform alleged Monday that ByteDance, TikTok’s China-based parent company, has far more extensive control over the social media platform than it has claimed

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