TikTok ban. Have you heard of the new proposed bill s.686(Restrict Act)? It's frightening.

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4/11/2023 1:29pm Edited Date/Time 4/11/2023 1:29pm
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Our trusted leaders will always shove unrelated bull shit into stuff they are trying to get passed. I have a cdl and can't get moving violations...

Our trusted leaders will always shove unrelated bull shit into stuff they are trying to get passed.

I have a cdl and can't get moving violations reduced down from what the original charge is because of bs that was inserted into the homeland security legislation.

Isn't it the inflation reduction act that passed recently that will require all new cars in a couple years to have built in breathalyzer?

Yeah, that will help make cars more affordable

this seems like a "win" for everyone involved. Less people in jails, and less dead people from drunk drivers.

 

Cars are already bat-shit crazy expensive, whats another 5K going to hurt 

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Someone should simply copy and paste the code from Tiktok and release it as a different app; just don't send the data to China. Problem solved. 

Also, laugh hysterically when the developers try to claim copyright infringement. 

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Someone should simply copy and paste the code from Tiktok and release it as a different app; just don't send the data to China. Problem solved. ...

Someone should simply copy and paste the code from Tiktok and release it as a different app; just don't send the data to China. Problem solved. 

Also, laugh hysterically when the developers try to claim copyright infringement. 

AnythingTiktok steals, facebook steals better. I hope they ban them both. 

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Funny how some of you here feel that TikTok is such a threat that it needs to have legislation passed to restrict its use. Yet when it comes to other issues, the common rebuttal is that criminals won’t follow the laws, or that laws restricting things only punish the law abiding.

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Probably time to reboot this one. Part of me thinks it shouldn't be banned because freedom could possibly include the freedom to let China know where you go to lunch and what time you take a dump, but at the same time, there's definitely a part of me that would love nothing more than to watch people addicted to their phones, lose their minds. 

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byke wrote:
Probably time to reboot this one. Part of me thinks it shouldn't be banned because freedom could possibly include the freedom to let China know where...

Probably time to reboot this one. Part of me thinks it shouldn't be banned because freedom could possibly include the freedom to let China know where you go to lunch and what time you take a dump, but at the same time, there's definitely a part of me that would love nothing more than to watch people addicted to their phones, lose their minds. 

I think you might be missing the information and metrics that the intel-community has stated the Chinese/CCP is collecting. 

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FUCK Tik Toc ban the app. , it's a Chinese info collecting tool!!!!

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Doesn't Instagram and other aps basically offer the same service?

Not sure why Tik Tok is treated by some as critical to the social media world, if it was gone tomorrow wouldn't all those users just switch to another platform like Instagram?

I don't even use Facebook, so I don't know shit about social media. 

Just seems like Tik Tok would be easy to replace, so F them Chinese government spying lying bastards... Tik Tok is a stupid name anyways.

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Peelout nailed it.

I'm not on any social media platforms.

 

Wait for it.... The inevitable "Vital is social media" shart....

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byke wrote:
Probably time to reboot this one. Part of me thinks it shouldn't be banned because freedom could possibly include the freedom to let China know where...

Probably time to reboot this one. Part of me thinks it shouldn't be banned because freedom could possibly include the freedom to let China know where you go to lunch and what time you take a dump, but at the same time, there's definitely a part of me that would love nothing more than to watch people addicted to their phones, lose their minds. 

TeamGreen wrote:

I think you might be missing the information and metrics that the intel-community has stated the Chinese/CCP is collecting. 

I'm just trivializing it. Ultimately people know what it collects when it's installed. It takes a year for you to approve the app to access literally everything on your phone. If you choose to install that and accept all that access, pfft, that's on you. From a purist freedom perspective, where we don't want to turn the world into a padded bumper bowling society where it's not possible for you to make poor decisions, then it must be allowed. At the same time, Fuk-Tik-Tok and send it packing. 

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12/6/2024 2:45pm

Ban it all. So tired of grown ass adults lost in their fucking phones ALL THE TIME. Light turns green and they sit there, I honk and they look at me like I’m the asshole for interrupting their video, then they squirt through a yellow and leave me with a red. It’s cool, I don’t have shit to do today, I’ll sit through another cycle. I was at my kids jiujitsu practice, a kid gets his first submission and he’s SO FUCKING PUMPED, he looks to his parents to see their excitement but they missed the whole thing because they’ve been infinitely scrolling. The excitement just drained from his face. I complimented him to let him know he did a great job, but it’s not the same as your parents. Similar thing at basketball practice, kid tries catching the ball with his face instead of his hands, now his nose is pouring blood while mom and dad are sitting over there staring at their crotches with absolutely no clue. All good, coach stopped the bleeding. Fuck it all I say. I wouldn’t have an issue if people would just put the fucking phone down and BE IN THE MOMENT. But nope, they’re all addicted and I feel we have a serious problem on our hands if we don’t course correct soon. 

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My 31 year old daughters sole news source , tic tok 

Endless Meaningless shit...

 

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Ban it all. So tired of grown ass adults lost in their fucking phones ALL THE TIME. Light turns green and they sit there, I honk...

Ban it all. So tired of grown ass adults lost in their fucking phones ALL THE TIME. Light turns green and they sit there, I honk and they look at me like I’m the asshole for interrupting their video, then they squirt through a yellow and leave me with a red. It’s cool, I don’t have shit to do today, I’ll sit through another cycle. I was at my kids jiujitsu practice, a kid gets his first submission and he’s SO FUCKING PUMPED, he looks to his parents to see their excitement but they missed the whole thing because they’ve been infinitely scrolling. The excitement just drained from his face. I complimented him to let him know he did a great job, but it’s not the same as your parents. Similar thing at basketball practice, kid tries catching the ball with his face instead of his hands, now his nose is pouring blood while mom and dad are sitting over there staring at their crotches with absolutely no clue. All good, coach stopped the bleeding. Fuck it all I say. I wouldn’t have an issue if people would just put the fucking phone down and BE IN THE MOMENT. But nope, they’re all addicted and I feel we have a serious problem on our hands if we don’t course correct soon. 

I’ve fired people for being Phone Zombies…on MY time.

I’ve had people “declassified” for being on their phone.

I’ve seen people go to their phone…in fucking INTERVIEWS. 

I’ve interrupted SR./General Officers for referring to/or utilizing their phones during classified meetings/briefings where DIGITAL DEVICES WERE NOT ALLOWED. 

Technology is fine.

Technology in lieu of intellect is not.

Fuck you. Brains matter.

Manny 

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For someone that doesn’t have TikTok, what’s different about it from every other social media - in regards to why it should be banned, not in...

For someone that doesn’t have TikTok, what’s different about it from every other social media - in regards to why it should be banned, not in regards to function

Chinese law says any company in China must release all of its information to Chinese government if they ask for it. I haven't seen anyone on here actually answer your question, yet 

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12/9/2024 4:41pm Edited Date/Time 12/9/2024 4:42pm

Everyone needs to follow other countries’ news aswell. Its pushed under different guises in other nations.
Its all calculated in unison, and boy its disturbing to think people believe they have the right over us. 

They really want us as farm animals. I’ve actually adjusted my life in planning for all our rights going, so im not trapped. 

2030 is real guys. 
 

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12/11/2024 8:11am Edited Date/Time 12/11/2024 8:15am
For someone that doesn’t have TikTok, what’s different about it from every other social media - in regards to why it should be banned, not in...

For someone that doesn’t have TikTok, what’s different about it from every other social media - in regards to why it should be banned, not in regards to function

enketchum wrote:
Chinese law says any company in China must release all of its information to Chinese government if they ask for it. I haven't seen anyone on...

Chinese law says any company in China must release all of its information to Chinese government if they ask for it. I haven't seen anyone on here actually answer your question, yet 

look again .

 

I am surprised at how many of you guys have fallen for the CCP narrative that this is solely a free speech issue . I would have thought that after the 'covid came from a bat' bullshit , that more people would be wary of the CCP bullshit . Looks like I was wrong . How many other CCP bridges have you guys bought lately ? Dumbasses .... 

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Oldschool wrote:

My 31 year old daughters sole news source , tic tok 

Endless Meaningless shit...

 

Chyna's plan is working. 

Social media = mental disease.

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Oldschool wrote:

My 31 year old daughters sole news source , tic tok 

Endless Meaningless shit...

 

Magoofan wrote:

Chyna's plan is working. 

Social media = mental disease.

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For someone that doesn’t have TikTok, what’s different about it from every other social media - in regards to why it should be banned, not in...

For someone that doesn’t have TikTok, what’s different about it from every other social media - in regards to why it should be banned, not in regards to function

enketchum wrote:
Chinese law says any company in China must release all of its information to Chinese government if they ask for it. I haven't seen anyone on...

Chinese law says any company in China must release all of its information to Chinese government if they ask for it. I haven't seen anyone on here actually answer your question, yet 

eddie wrote:
look again . I am surprised at how many of you guys have fallen for the CCP narrative that this is solely a free speech issue...

look again .

 

I am surprised at how many of you guys have fallen for the CCP narrative that this is solely a free speech issue . I would have thought that after the 'covid came from a bat' bullshit , that more people would be wary of the CCP bullshit . Looks like I was wrong . How many other CCP bridges have you guys bought lately ? Dumbasses .... 

Huh? 

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enketchum wrote:
Chinese law says any company in China must release all of its information to Chinese government if they ask for it. I haven't seen anyone on...

Chinese law says any company in China must release all of its information to Chinese government if they ask for it. I haven't seen anyone on here actually answer your question, yet 

eddie wrote:
look again . I am surprised at how many of you guys have fallen for the CCP narrative that this is solely a free speech issue...

look again .

 

I am surprised at how many of you guys have fallen for the CCP narrative that this is solely a free speech issue . I would have thought that after the 'covid came from a bat' bullshit , that more people would be wary of the CCP bullshit . Looks like I was wrong . How many other CCP bridges have you guys bought lately ? Dumbasses .... 

enketchum wrote:

Huh? 

I think he is saying the CCP is running with the “1st amendment free speech” angle because it helps them. 

The problem is the app gives the CCP way too much info and info control. All the data generated with Tik Tok goes to the CCP. 

There are plenty of other apps like this that aren’t under CCP control. Remember, Communist lie, they lie all the time. 

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I think he is saying the CCP is running with the “1st amendment free speech” angle because it helps them. The problem is the app gives the...

I think he is saying the CCP is running with the “1st amendment free speech” angle because it helps them. 

The problem is the app gives the CCP way too much info and info control. All the data generated with Tik Tok goes to the CCP. 

There are plenty of other apps like this that aren’t under CCP control. Remember, Communist lie, they lie all the time. 

China is not communist. They are a state controlled capitalist country. 

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I think he is saying the CCP is running with the “1st amendment free speech” angle because it helps them. The problem is the app gives the...

I think he is saying the CCP is running with the “1st amendment free speech” angle because it helps them. 

The problem is the app gives the CCP way too much info and info control. All the data generated with Tik Tok goes to the CCP. 

There are plenty of other apps like this that aren’t under CCP control. Remember, Communist lie, they lie all the time. 

China is not communist. They are a state controlled capitalist country. 

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) begs to differ. 

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I think he is saying the CCP is running with the “1st amendment free speech” angle because it helps them. The problem is the app gives the...

I think he is saying the CCP is running with the “1st amendment free speech” angle because it helps them. 

The problem is the app gives the CCP way too much info and info control. All the data generated with Tik Tok goes to the CCP. 

There are plenty of other apps like this that aren’t under CCP control. Remember, Communist lie, they lie all the time. 

China is not communist. They are a state controlled capitalist country. 

OleTex2 wrote:

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) begs to differ. 

They might, but they’d still be wrong. 

China= an unabashedly authoritarian state where the government controls every aspect of the economy and a very small percentage use their power and influence to become massively wealthy while the vast majority of people struggle. But because they are so indoctrinated most don’t even realize how fucked they’re actually getting and live their lives as unquestioning profitable peons for their masters. 

Sound familiar? 

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Certainly not the first time we've had to deal with the overlap. It's in every aspect of politics. Person A wants something for good reasons and Person B wants the same thing for bad reasons. So, just because China is manipulating the 1a aspect and just because the Chinese gov't is absolute shit, doesn't mean they're wrong. There is a very valid 1a argument. People willingly give full access to their phone, the app asks you fifty times along the way. It says repeatedly, "are you absolutely suuuuuuuure that you're a dipshit?" and people say YES YES YES YES YES each time. And I'm not one to try to stop people from being dipshits and creating laws to protect them from themselves. At the same time, the schadenfreude in me totally wants it banned.

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China is not communist. They are a state controlled capitalist country. 

OleTex2 wrote:

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) begs to differ. 

They might, but they’d still be wrong. China= an unabashedly authoritarian state where the government controls every aspect of the economy and a very small percentage use...

They might, but they’d still be wrong. 

China= an unabashedly authoritarian state where the government controls every aspect of the economy and a very small percentage use their power and influence to become massively wealthy while the vast majority of people struggle. But because they are so indoctrinated most don’t even realize how fucked they’re actually getting and live their lives as unquestioning profitable peons for their masters. 

Sound familiar? 

I’m really sorry for you man. 

Take care. 

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12/13/2024 4:11am Edited Date/Time 12/13/2024 4:16am
OleTex2 wrote:

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) begs to differ. 

They might, but they’d still be wrong. China= an unabashedly authoritarian state where the government controls every aspect of the economy and a very small percentage use...

They might, but they’d still be wrong. 

China= an unabashedly authoritarian state where the government controls every aspect of the economy and a very small percentage use their power and influence to become massively wealthy while the vast majority of people struggle. But because they are so indoctrinated most don’t even realize how fucked they’re actually getting and live their lives as unquestioning profitable peons for their masters. 

Sound familiar? 

OleTex2 wrote:

I’m really sorry for you man. 

Take care. 

lol. I’m just trying to have some fun with you bub. You’re taking me too seriously 😀

 I just wanted to point out that anyone who takes China at their word and believes they are a communist country has a serious misconception of what communism is, and by consequence has a serious misconception of what capitalism is. And also that America operates in almost exactly the same manner. 

I am not defending the government of China in any way, shape, or form. They are scum. 

I just find it preferable that we call things by their right and proper names. If a man is a man, then we should call him a man. If a woman is a woman, then we should call her a woman. Night is night, and day is day. If we don’t know, or cannot properly define our enemies, then we will have a difficult time defending ourselves. 

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They might, but they’d still be wrong. China= an unabashedly authoritarian state where the government controls every aspect of the economy and a very small percentage use...

They might, but they’d still be wrong. 

China= an unabashedly authoritarian state where the government controls every aspect of the economy and a very small percentage use their power and influence to become massively wealthy while the vast majority of people struggle. But because they are so indoctrinated most don’t even realize how fucked they’re actually getting and live their lives as unquestioning profitable peons for their masters. 

Sound familiar? 

OleTex2 wrote:

I’m really sorry for you man. 

Take care. 

lol. I’m just trying to have some fun with you bub. You’re taking me too seriously 😀 I just wanted to point out that anyone who takes...

lol. I’m just trying to have some fun with you bub. You’re taking me too seriously 😀

 I just wanted to point out that anyone who takes China at their word and believes they are a communist country has a serious misconception of what communism is, and by consequence has a serious misconception of what capitalism is. And also that America operates in almost exactly the same manner. 

I am not defending the government of China in any way, shape, or form. They are scum. 

I just find it preferable that we call things by their right and proper names. If a man is a man, then we should call him a man. If a woman is a woman, then we should call her a woman. Night is night, and day is day. If we don’t know, or cannot properly define our enemies, then we will have a difficult time defending ourselves. 

Haha the usual standards apply here at VitalMX. Thicker skin required as they say. It’s all good. 

Merry Christmas! 

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AnythingTiktok steals, facebook steals better. I hope they ban them both. 

Can someone explain to this eejit what data it gathers and how I is used, needs to be in easy to understand language, no idea what algorithms are!!

Then can I get the same for Facebook,  instagram and X

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Spurdo wrote:

AnythingTiktok steals, facebook steals better. I hope they ban them both. 

shuggs wrote:
Can someone explain to this eejit what data it gathers and how I is used, needs to be in easy to understand language, no idea what...

Can someone explain to this eejit what data it gathers and how I is used, needs to be in easy to understand language, no idea what algorithms are!!

Then can I get the same for Facebook,  instagram and X

This is what the app collects...

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TikTok asks for a number of permissions to function, including: 
Camera: To take photos and videos
Microphone: To record sound
Location: To access detailed information about the user's location
Storage: To read and write to the device's storage
Contact list: To access the device's full contact list
Device's WIFI connection: To access the device's WIFI connection
Keystroke patterns: To verify account authenticity, for risk control, and more 
Device identifiers: To track interactions with advertisers 
Purchase information: Including payment card numbers, billing and shipping address, and transaction history 
Phone and social network contacts: If you choose to find other users through your contacts 
Information in correspondence: Including when you contact TikTok for support 
Information shared through surveys or challenges: Including your gender, age, likeness, and preferences 
TikTok also collects information about your activities and preferences based on the videos you watch. This information can include your search history, what you're viewing, and for how long. TikTok does not monitor your entire phone, but it does access specific data necessary for the app to function. You can grant or revoke permissions for TikTok in your phone's settings.

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From there, just put your nefarious hat on and imagine what could be done with that information. Now, you do have to approve all those permissions. For each category, you have to click yes-yes-yes-yes-yes and capitulate yourself to them. 

Anyway, the Fani "cash money" Willis thread title reminded me to post this from King McNugget:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-urges-supreme-court…

 

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