position data centers in space, in order to have low-carbon solar electricity and to avoid the energy necessary for cooling (assured by the vacuum of space).

Surveillance and the collection of your data serve as mere instruments; the true ambition lies in embedding a particular ideology within the confines of your consciousness. TikTok is not about read access; it is CCP's root access to your brain.

This is NOT about free speech and also NOT about privacy.
Privacy, also known as READ access to your data, unfortunately, serves as a strawman argument attempting to divert attention from the real issue: TikTok provides the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with direct WRITE access to the minds of millions of Americans.
Chinese laws, such as the National Intelligence Law and the Data Security Law, bestow significant control upon the Chinese government over companies like ByteDance. These laws compel compliance with any government demands, with the act of handing over user data being just the beginning. The genuine threat lies in the fact that, according to the law, Chinese companies are obligated to modify their algorithms as per the Chinese government's requests. This legal authority sets TikTok apart from other social media platforms, posing a potential risk to American national security.

That time in 2014 when Terry Gou criticized the student protesters who successfully defended Taiwan's economy from Chinese takeover by saying ("You can't eat democracy!")
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The issue at hand transcends mere READ access. TikTok, in effect, providing the Chinese Communist Party with an unfiltered, direct influence, aka WRITE access, over the cognitive development of an entire American generation. While the US public has been preoccupied with challenging the federal government on its READ-only access, it seems we've underestimated the penetration of the CCP, which now holds an unchallenged root access, enabling both READ and WRITE privileges. It's crucial to act swiftly, initially implementing a temporary solution to seal the breach by banning TikTok, and then taking a measured approach to devise a comprehensive, effective fix, which will take time to get it right.

While concerns over data privacy and spying are often cited in discussions about TikTok's potential ban, unfortunately, these are strawman arguments attempting to distract from the actual issue at hand, a real threat to American national security. The true problem lies in the legal authority the Chinese government holds over TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, and the implications of this control on the app's operations.

If you have 15 minutes, this short video makes a clear argument as to why it is in our national interest to ban TikTok, and why it is the only option we have: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Chinese laws like the National Intelligence Law and the Data Security Law grant the Chinese government significant control over companies like ByteDance, requiring them to comply with any demands made by the government, handing over user data just the start, the real threat is that by law, Chinese companies have to modifying their algorithm according to whatever request the Chinese government requires. This legal authority makes TikTok inherently different from other social media platforms and poses a potential risk to American national security.

Some people have said that it is not a national security threat. They ask how an app like TikTok could be a threat. To explain, let us walk through a very realistic hypothetical situation.

Suppose for a moment that China decides to invade Taiwan in 2027 or 2028. To prevent the United States from getting involved, they must convince the American people that the US should not get involved. Public opinion matters in America because it is a democracy. China goes to Bite Dance, which by law must do whatever they are told, and tells them to align their algorithm to shape American public opinion on Taiwan. They will spend a couple of years laying this out. Bite Dance is instructed to ensure that people in America see messages that convince them that America should not get involved. They will use the data to target specific American audiences with specific messages. Some Americans might see staged videos that showing the people in Taiwan actually support a Chinese takeover. Some family members of military members may see videos about how thousands of Americans will die if the United States gets involved. Others might see videos of fake Americans arguing why should we care about Taiwan when we should be focused on our problems here at home.

Now, this is where people say, we will deal with it when it happens. But what comes next? You're going to have a bunch of small businesses in America that depend on marketing and TikTok. When the government tells them that they have to shut TikTok down because it's being used against America, those people are going to come out, and they're going to say, "You're going to destroy my business." China will probably threaten those people. They will probably make it very clear that if the U.S. gets involved, they will knock all the Americans off of TikTok. Those people will suddenly ask their elected officials here not to get involved in Taiwan, and we will find ourselves paralyzed.

A country that's paralyzed cannot act in its own national security interest because we've allowed an adversary to use an app that they control and the data that they control to shape public opinion in America over an extended period of time, all the while, the Chinese Communist Party has their public opinion on lock-down, and we can't do anything about it.

Some people may argue that this is a violation of the First Amendment - a free country. While it is true that everyone has the right to speak and say anything they want in America, this is not about the content of the videos. It's about the existence of a company that is related to an important government interest - the most important government interest we have, the national security of our country. Preventing our country from being paralyzed from acting in its national security interest is the most compelling and important government interest one can imagine.

People say that this is all hypothetical and that there's no evidence the Chinese government is doing any of this. But every threat to our national security begins as theoretical before they become reality. China is building hypersonic missiles designed to sink our ships. They're not firing them at our ships today; they're not sinking our ships; they're not even threatening to sink our ships openly. But somehow everybody agrees that we have to do something about the hypersonics. It's a theoretical threat, right?

What's so theoretical about using propaganda during a time of war? There's nothing theoretical about propaganda during warfare and conflict. In fact, propaganda has been a weapon used in virtually every conflict for centuries to demoralize and divide the adversary.

Propaganda is not a theoretical concept when it comes to warfare and conflict. For centuries, propaganda has been used as a weapon to demoralize and divide adversaries. In today's society, social media platforms have become an effective tool for propaganda. In fact, social media platforms like TikTok and ByteDance have been used to drive messages and undermine opponents. TikTok was used to spread pro-Russian messages during the invasion of Ukraine, suppress videos talking about Tiananmen Square, and censor all kinds of content about the 2022 elections in America. ByteDance was used to collect data on specific reporters whose stories it did not like. It is essential to take propaganda seriously as it has been used to divide, paralyze, and confuse people.

In a world where China is in near-peer competition and conflict with America, it is vital to recognize that China has capabilities and weapons beyond conventional warfare. Cyber attacks, space weapons, and missiles are among China's weapons of choice. While America has been the sole superpower in the world since 1991, China is now a near-peer adversary. It is essential to understand that China's government wants to be the world's most powerful country and wants to do it at America's expense. Unfortunately, the consequences of that would be that the world's most powerful country would be a nation that puts Uyghur Muslims in death camps, is destroying Tibetan culture, and massacred its people in Tiananmen Square.

TikTok is a social media app that is rapidly growing in America, and it has the most detailed personal data on over 100 million American users. We need to take TikTok seriously as it has the power to divide, paralyze, and confuse us. Imagine the damage that could be done if Russia controlled Facebook or Twitter instead of merely buying ads and using bots. In a country with an economy 50 times the size and a hundred times more capability than Russia, it is crucial to take the propaganda potential of TikTok seriously. There is no easy way to deal with this propaganda without a ban or something drastic because of the way the company is structured. It is imperative that we take propaganda seriously, or future generations may look back and wonder why we did not take action.

No, and the Chinese are not welcome on Taiwanese servers.

Just take a look at foxconn's website here, no guessing needed: https://www.foxconn.com/en-us/...

What about "the internet freedom and the free flow of information" of the Chinese?

Nvidia avoids disclosing any info on power consumption again, Tesla HW3 FSD Chip uses 36 watts, while Nvidia current gen Drive uses 1000 watts, how is that competitive?

You know TikTok is banned in China by the CCP right?

The Nikkei, the world's largest financial newspaper, recently did an investigation on all semiconductor fab construction sites in Taiwan, and found that Taiwan has just quietly launched the largest semiconductor expansion in human history, building over 20 megasized next-gen fabs at the same time, investing 5 times more than South Korea, 10 times more than China, and 15 times more than the USA and EU.

It was China that asserted its independence from Taiwan in 1949, Taiwan was already independent.
As a country, Taiwan is older than China.

WHO is a political organization that rejects whole nations like Taiwan, and PNAS is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, seems like a easy choice to me.