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A Pentagon spokesman said banning TikTok is part of an effort to 'address existing and emerging threats.'

Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Uriah Orland said in a statement the order was part of an effort to "address existing and emerging threats".

Earlier this week, the United States Navy banned the social media app TikTok from government-issued mobile devices, saying the popular short video app represented a "cybersecurity threat." The Navy would not describe in detail what dangers the app presents, but Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Uriah Orland said in a statement the order was part of an effort to "address existing and emerging threats".TikTok is hugely popular with US teenagers, but has come under scrutiny from US regulators and lawmakers in recent months.

 

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China_is_terrorist and the app may exploit your personal information, it is dangerous. Stop using this app. Remember that Winnie Pooh is watching you^^ antichinazi

Anything related to terrorist should be banned! China_is_terrorist

Definitely. TIKTOK should be banned.

Obviously the TikTok is a cyber weapon that Chinese wish it infiltrates into others countries especially US. So CCP can collect data for big-data analysis.

wcheck08 Imagine every videos you drafted and uploaded (private/ public) . ccp will screen any “sensitive” contents. N analysis your location, jobs and political stand point antichinazi

TikTok should be fully banned.

The world must ban TikTok to protect themselves!!

It is no doubt that China_is_terrorist. Many China apps have spyware

Sure! It is threatening national security. The world should ban it. China_is_terrorist

Threatening in terms of privacy and censorship

Tic tok is only one of the many ways it's trying to get its arms and legs in the states. Please watch out and keep it away.

No more TikTok

Agreed

It is too late now, Chinese technology has now infiltrated in all parts of the US military. Slowly, the chinese will take over heart of the infrastructure.

Assuming Chinese Tech company under CCP rule will respect your privacy is delusional.

TikTok is not the only offending app, but certainly one of the most visible. Android and Apple app marketplaces need an audit no doubt

Great

🇨🇳China CCP is watching you. 😰

Chinese apps are dangerous. Every app that designed and issued by Chinese company is a kind of surveillance. The Chinese government is monitoring your activities through their app. Never use any Chinese app if you don’t want to be monitored. China_is_terrorist

Tiktok has no other purpose but GREED.

Stop using TikTok unless you want your data to be sent to CCP directly China_is_terrorist

Let's treat this as a starting point and continue to examine the security threats brought by those Chinese companies. Given the cases of human rights violation in China, these Chinese corporations would also imperil freedom all over the world. China_is_terrorist

That just proves that China_is_terrorist

His stand is strongly evidence-based. “TikTok has been illegally and secretly harvesting vast amounts of personally identifiable user data and sending it to China, according to a lawsuit filed in California federal court.”

Wise move for banning it, or else it might spy your military day and night.

Great - guess by now we all realise how much censorship is involved!

good move

chinazi Big data project. please be alert

Banning TikTok is the right move. Just in case the firm pass the collected data to boost the R&D for facial recognition technology and surveillance network.

Great move if TikTok is banned. I know how addictive Chinese apps could be. But isnt freedom and human rights way more important? China_is_terrorist and who on earth in their right mind would kowtow to or work with terrorists?

Banning it would make things right

Don't trust any Chinese app. It spys you and leaks your info to China.

China has made it clear that they are not going to just give up on their aggressive behaviors against the civilized world. TikTok or not, they are gonna dominate our life and thoughts unless concrete actions are taken at the top. China_is_terrorist

Every chinazi related apps are threats.

Wise move.

China_is_terroris

Tik Tok is unsafe for privacy as China has no such thing as privacy TikTok

China_is_terrorist

Right move! No one needs 🇨🇳 spyware. A serious breach of national security.

Great move! boycottTiktok

China_is_terrorist

Late is better than never Just ban all Chinese apps

Who wants to get involved with Chinese companies considering the risk that your Chinese partner may involved in the suppression of human rights in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. We should expedite the legislations MagnitskyAct and BeWaterAct

Tiktok should be banned in every aspect and in every country. It poses threats to everyone with excessive personal information collection and potential spying. China_is_terrorist

DavidWO28232487 You better.

Not only using TikTok and Huawei, CCP China is trying to control everything even the electricity outside China by investments. China_is_terrorist and threatening the world! HongKong

antichinazi

Great news. Fully ban the tiktok. Say NO to CCPChina

China_is_terrorist China_kills_Muslims

Very good!

Stop using Apps made by China. Many of them are being used for the CCP government to spy on people. Countries shall consider their national security carefully.

TikTok should be fully banned.

It should be banned from every device...

Great!

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