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  • KlausK Offline
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    Klaus
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    #10

    It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

    George KG 89th8 L 3 Replies Last reply
    • KlausK Klaus

      It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

      George KG Offline
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      George K
      wrote on last edited by
      #11

      @Klaus said in Tik Tok:

      It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

      HL Mencken's quote comes to mind.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • KlausK Klaus

        It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

        89th8 Offline
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        89th
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        #12

        @Klaus said in Tik Tok:

        It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

        Agreed. He either has intelligence reports of TikTok’s spyware danger or he’s still pissed folks on TikTok conspired to buy all his Tulsa rally tickets and not show, so it would look bad. I think it’s both.

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        • 89th8 89th

          @Klaus said in Tik Tok:

          It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

          Agreed. He either has intelligence reports of TikTok’s spyware danger or he’s still pissed folks on TikTok conspired to buy all his Tulsa rally tickets and not show, so it would look bad. I think it’s both.

          RichR Offline
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          Rich
          wrote on last edited by
          #13

          @89th Which ironically enough may have saved some of his supporters lives.

          Interesting times.

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          • KlausK Klaus

            It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

            L Offline
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            Loki
            wrote on last edited by
            #14

            @Klaus said in Tik Tok:

            It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

            I repeat Tim Tok is being sold to a US company. Trump’s comment is essentially meaningless.

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            • L Loki

              @Klaus said in Tik Tok:

              It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

              I repeat Tim Tok is being sold to a US company. Trump’s comment is essentially meaningless.

              George KG Offline
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              George K
              wrote on last edited by
              #15

              @Loki said in Tik Tok:

              I repeat Tim Tok is being sold to a US company. Trump’s comment is essentially meaningless.

              Microsoft has, apparently, backed out.

              And the fact that it's being pitched to a "US" company, does that put anyone's mind at ease?

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • RichR Rich

                @89th Which ironically enough may have saved some of his supporters lives.

                Interesting times.

                89th8 Offline
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                89th
                wrote on last edited by
                #16

                @Rich said in Tik Tok:

                @89th Which ironically enough may have saved some of his supporters lives.

                Interesting times.

                Haha good point.

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                • RichR Rich

                  @89th Which ironically enough may have saved some of his supporters lives.

                  Interesting times.

                  jon-nycJ Online
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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #17

                  @Rich said in Tik Tok:

                  @89th Which ironically enough may have saved some of his supporters lives.

                  Interesting times.

                  Pissing off Trump, getting his campaign manager demoted, and saving lives.

                  Oh the winning!

                  Only non-witches get due process.

                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  • L Loki

                    @Klaus said in Tik Tok:

                    It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

                    I repeat Tim Tok is being sold to a US company. Trump’s comment is essentially meaningless.

                    L Offline
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                    Loki
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #18

                    @Loki said in Tik Tok:

                    @Klaus said in Tik Tok:

                    It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

                    I repeat Tim Tok is being sold to a US company. Trump’s comment is essentially meaningless.

                    I repeat again...it’s in the sales process.

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                    • L Offline
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                      Loki
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                      #19

                      https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/03/microsoft-confirms-talks-to-buy-tiktok-in-us.html

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                      • JollyJ Offline
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                        Jolly
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                        #20

                        Nice company you have there. Shame we have to ban it.

                        Now, that's the art of a deal you can't refuse!

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          taiwan_girl
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                          Interesting to see if they can get it done in 45 days.

                          I am sure that Byte Dance has a higher expectation of what they think Tiki's Tok is worth.

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                            #22

                            https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_ae0cf56403b2a18518874d5f971120ef

                            "After days of whiplash over the future of TikTok, President Donald Trump said he would allow an American company to acquire the short-form video app — with a catch.

                            "In an unusual declaration, Trump also said any deal would have to include a "substantial amount of money" coming to the US Treasury.

                            "The President's requirement that some of the money from the deal go to the US Treasury doesn't have a basis in antitrust law, according to Gene Kimmelman, a former chief counsel for the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division . . . 'This is quite unusual, this is out of the norm," Kimmelman said. "It's actually quite hard to understand what the president is actually talking about here.'"

                            Welcome to the world, Gene.

                            Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                            • Catseye3C Catseye3

                              https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_ae0cf56403b2a18518874d5f971120ef

                              "After days of whiplash over the future of TikTok, President Donald Trump said he would allow an American company to acquire the short-form video app — with a catch.

                              "In an unusual declaration, Trump also said any deal would have to include a "substantial amount of money" coming to the US Treasury.

                              "The President's requirement that some of the money from the deal go to the US Treasury doesn't have a basis in antitrust law, according to Gene Kimmelman, a former chief counsel for the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division . . . 'This is quite unusual, this is out of the norm," Kimmelman said. "It's actually quite hard to understand what the president is actually talking about here.'"

                              Welcome to the world, Gene.

                              KlausK Offline
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                              Klaus
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #23

                              @Catseye3 said in Tik Tok:

                              "In an unusual declaration, Trump also said any deal would have to include a "substantial amount of money" coming to the US Treasury

                              Lolwut?

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                              • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                                Doctor Phibes
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                                #24

                                Conservative support for free enterprise at it's finest.

                                I was only joking

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                                • KlausK Klaus

                                  @Catseye3 said in Tik Tok:

                                  "In an unusual declaration, Trump also said any deal would have to include a "substantial amount of money" coming to the US Treasury

                                  Lolwut?

                                  jon-nycJ Online
                                  jon-nycJ Online
                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #25

                                  @Klaus said in Tik Tok:

                                  @Catseye3 said in Tik Tok:

                                  "In an unusual declaration, Trump also said any deal would have to include a "substantial amount of money" coming to the US Treasury

                                  Lolwut?

                                  He went on to say 'because he made the deal possible'.

                                  If Obama said that Sean Hannity would have set himself on fire.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  • jon-nycJ Online
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                                    jon-nyc
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                                    #26

                                    “I did say that if you buy it, whatever the price is that goes to whoever owns it, because I guess it’s China essentially … I said a very substantial portion of that price is going to have to come into the Treasury of the United States because we’re making it possible for this deal to happen,” Trump said.

                                    Trump later defended his push for a cut, adding “nobody else would be thinking about but me, but that’s the way I think.”

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                    • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                                      Doctor Phibes
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                                      #27

                                      We should be thankful he isn't expecting the money to go to him personally.

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • MikM Offline
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                                        Mik
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                                        Sounds like after the fact bribery. Which the Chinese might actually respect.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        • MikM Mik

                                          Sounds like after the fact bribery. Which the Chinese might actually respect.

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                                          #29

                                          @Mik said in Tik Tok:

                                          Sounds like after the fact bribery. Which the Chinese might actually respect.

                                          But Americans should not.

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