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Educational-Ice-319 t1_jdt19dz wrote

Reply to comment by meoka2368 in The RESTRICT Act: A Potential New Enforcement Tool to Address Economic and National Security Concerns Posed by Foreign Information and Communications Technologies by AlphaWolfDesign

TikTok is unquestionably a national security risk for government workers, contractors, and contracting firms.

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meoka2368 t1_jdt3lgh wrote

In what way is it more of a risk than any other social media app/company?

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Educational-Ice-319 t1_jdt486d wrote

It’s close ties to a foreign government, it’s profiling apparatus’ in conjunction with the foreign government connections, etc.

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saltiestmanindaworld t1_je4gbh5 wrote

Meanwhile there have been thousands (and im grossly underestimating that number) of security leaks on Facebook and Twitter.

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CatProgrammer t1_jdtrm72 wrote

Okay then, they can't use it on their government devices. That's already within the power of those agencies to set rules for. They don't need a new law to do that.

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jseasbiscuit t1_jdygym0 wrote

And that's already been solved with banning it on government devices. Congress doesn't need to give all these powers to the secretary of commerce in order to mitigate that threat.

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PlayingTheWrongGame t1_jdtlkfu wrote

Any anyone working for any company in the government or a contractor’s supply chain, or anyone providing critical services for any of those companies, even the second-order ones.

Which is essentially every vaguely important company in the US.

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