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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Adding on - They won't stop at Tiktok. WeChat will become their next target.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1619055159052750848

Washington DC is unhappy that WeChat is helping to awaken some Chinese Americans with uncomfortable truths and facts related to their everyday lives in the US, which are direct and indirect results of the American government and system as a whole.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1619055165868503040
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Dont forget DJI...

Guys, I been telling yall to max out your credit cards NOW!!!!!
 
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Overbom

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Bellum_Romanum said:
A US state asked for evidence to ban TikTok. The FBI offered none
Emails show officials in the state of Connecticut opted not to ban the Chinese-owned app after consulting with the FBI.

When Maryland became the latest US state to ban the use of TikTok on government devices and networks last month, cybersecurity officials in the state of Connecticut turned to the FBI for guidance.

They wanted to know if the FBI had additional information to support a ban in their state amid dire warnings by the law enforcement agency’s leadership and Republican governors that the Chinese-owned app posed serious threats to privacy and national security.

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When Maryland became the latest US state to ban the use of TikTok on government devices and networks last month, cybersecurity officials in the state of Connecticut turned to the FBI for guidance.

They wanted to know if the FBI had additional information to support a ban in their state amid dire warnings by the law enforcement agency’s leadership and Republican governors that the Chinese-owned app posed serious threats to privacy and national security.

“Good morning gentlemen. We’re looking for any recommendations on TikTok after Maryland moved to ‘ban’ its use,” Jeff Brown, the chief information security officer for Connecticut, said in an email to a contact at the FBI on December 7.

“Our logic is captured below, but we’d be interested in your thoughts. Appreciate any feedback,” Brown said in the email, which was also sent to contacts at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Homeland Security. Brown included in his message an email chain in which he and Mark Raymond, Connecticut’s chief information officer (CIO), expressed agreement that Maryland’s ban appeared to be a case of “overreach”. Offered a chance to provide additional information in support of a ban, the FBI contact declined.

“I asked one of my analysts to reach out to our HQ,” the FBI agent, who leads a team in Connecticut focused on cybercrime, said in an email to Brown.

“She emailed me towards the end of the day to say that she couldn’t find evidence that we had any additional information to share.”

Maryland and other states that had announced TikTok bans appeared to have “based their decisions on news reports and other open source information about China in general, not specific to Tik Tok,” the FBI agent quoted his analyst as saying.

“Sorry we don’t have more to offer,” the FBI agent said.

The CISA contact, a cybersecurity adviser for Connecticut, told Brown he had “no additional” information and would recommend deferring to the guidance of the FBI.

Al Jazeera obtained the Connecticut state government emails, along with emails from several other state governments, after submitting public records requests with the 50 US states and the District of Columbia.

Raymond, the Connecticut CIO, ultimately determined that the risk of TikTok was “low” based on the fact that, among other criteria, he had received no information suggesting Tiktok had misused data, concerns about the app appeared to have nothing to do with the platform itself, and a ban could “drive additional Chinese cyber activity and interest in Connecticut.”

He recommended that Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, a Democrat, “take no action at this time” but continue to monitor the situation.

When contacted by Al Jazeera for comment, Raymond said protecting state networks is an “extremely high priority for us”.

“We regularly review security threats against the state and act as warranted,” he said. “We are supportive of national action on topics that may threaten our national security and continue to work with all our partners on the most appropriate recommendations for our state.

The episode in Connecticut, which has not been previously reported, stands in contrast to the dire public warnings FBI Director Christopher Wray has made about TikTok.

Wray has repeatedly warned that China could use TikTok to “manipulate content” to carry out influence operations and steal personal data for espionage purposes.

“All of these things are in the hands of a government that doesn’t share our values, and that has a mission that’s very much at odds with what’s in the best interests of the United States,” Wray told a University of Michigan event last month. “That should concern us.”

In response to a request for comment, the FBI National Press Office directed Al Jazeera to past comments by Wray in which he said the agency is advising the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) amid its discussions with TikTok on ways to address national security fears and expressed concern about the Chinese government forcing companies to hand over sensitive data.

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, which has its headquarters in Beijing and is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, argues that the FBI’s warnings about the app relate to purely hypothetical concerns and no evidence has been presented of wrongdoing.

ByteDance has long insisted it would never share user data with the Chinese government and says it is working to address hypothetical national security risks as part of a deal it is negotiating with CFIUS.

“As we have said before, these state and university bans are not driven by specific intelligence about TikTok and are driven by misinformation about our company and our service,” TikTok spokeswoman Brooke Oberwetter told Al Jazeera.

“We stand ready to fully brief state and local officials about our comprehensive plan to address national security concerns, plans developed under the oversight of our nation’s top national security agencies.”


They wanted to know if the FBI had additional information to support a ban in their state amid dire warnings by the law enforcement agency’s leadership and Republican governors that the Chinese-owned app posed serious threats to privacy and national security.

“Our logic is captured below, but we’d be interested in your thoughts. Appreciate any feedback,” Brown said in the email, which was also sent to contacts at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Homeland Security.

Brown included in his message an email chain in which he and Mark Raymond, Connecticut’s chief information officer (CIO),
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Everyone knows that TikTok will get banned. Also everyone knows that all these news are just prepping the ground for the ban to happen. Finally, everyone knows that the US "allies" will also join the ban

Shame that we have to waste so much time because its not PC to say that "I am banning TikTok because it is Chinese"

Btw DJI will also get banned. Just a matter of time
 
9dashline

9dashline

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Overbom said:
Everyone knows that TikTok will get banned. Also everyone knows that all these news are just prepping the ground for the ban to happen. Finally, everyone knows that the US "allies" will also join the ban

Shame that we have to waste so much time because its not PC to say that "I am banning TikTok because it is Chinese"

Btw DJI will also get banned. Just a matter of time
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Yet how many Chinese Americans are frontloading life and maxing out cards and living it like no tomorrow?

I am the only one

So what use is "everyone knows" but no one takes action to enjoy what little time is left?!!
 
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Feima

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9dashline said:
Yet how many Chinese Americans are frontloading life and maxing out cards and living it like no tomorrow?

I am the only one

So what use is "everyone knows" but no one takes action to enjoy what little time is left?!!
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Dude are you serious or just entertaining fellow posters with this talk?

Everybody laughs at Qian Long's "tremblingly obey" edict to the Brits. But Qian Long styled himself 十全老人 (perfect old man) and the Qing reached their peak under him. Qian Long died in 1799. First opium war was in 1840. The Qing continued to rule China (badly) until they were finally overthrown in 1911.

Currently it looks like US reached its peak 1945-1990. Since then they have been going downhill. Still, without US homeland getting directly hit by wars, they have a long way to fall. You gonna keep that credit card balance rolling until 2090?
 
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Chevalier

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Maikeru said:
Not sure how this can be blamed on "white supremacy" but I'm pretty sure it will be. Anyway, "mostly peaceful" riots inbound!

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The offending police officers are black so there's a good chance murder/manslaughter charges will stick; the derek chauvin case was the outlier considering most police officers in the same position who also happen to be white tend to get paid leave and re-assignment.
 
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