it's always how this shit starts. the first ban would be fairly justifiable if it existed in a vacuum and didn't establish precedent. unfortunately, once they have that precedent set, they can go wild and ban whatever apps they feel like banning. so long, signal/protonmail/etc.
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I mean. . . I assume they could not ban an app made by a US citizen or company and its only the fact that TikTok is made by the PRC government which gives them that option. . .
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bold assumption imo

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Closest analogous event I can think of, but I'm not sure what they actually ended up doing about it. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/01/28/politics/strava-military-bases-location/index.html …
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Tbh my impression of executive leeway has been dramatically expanded in a lot of ways lately - h-1b, rules imposed on international students, and our actions in international orgs all apparently can be dramatically changed arbitrarily at any point
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Which makes the ideal of personnel consistency and reliable state capacity seem reeeeealllly fragile
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yeah they don't seem to have committed any crimes tho they actively cooperated with police even
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this was the first thing that struck me about it too. "hey they're banning tiktok" "they can do that?" I guess the illusion only exists for as long as it is convenient
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Let it happen. Makes the case to Invest in
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