They aren’t defending TikTok so much as calling the bluff. The US govt doesn’t actually give a rats ass about privacy or data collection. Some relics in Congress were convinced its a national security threat and needs to be banned OR SOLD TO A US BASED BUYER (I’m personally thinking this is the Muskrat’s doing, but that’s all conspiracy) to preserve national security.
A massive, comprehensive data privacy law would’ve covered the TikTok base and any software by any other threat. Home run, Grand slam, easy win and easy points.
Of course it’s not going that way because it was never about national security.
OR SOLD TO A US BASED BUYER (I’m personally thinking this is the Muskrat’s doing, but that’s all conspiracy)
If true, Musk may have bought shares in companies that deal with data and wants to simply profit. I have had a work colleague who got rich buying stocks and is bit of a fan of Elon Musk. He admits that private data is basically the new gold but the masses is all too unaware or uncaring for it. So you might be on to something with this.
They aren’t defending TikTok so much as calling the bluff. The US govt doesn’t actually give a rats ass about privacy or data collection. Some relics in Congress were convinced its a national security threat and needs to be banned OR SOLD TO A US BASED BUYER (I’m personally thinking this is the Muskrat’s doing, but that’s all conspiracy) to preserve national security.
A massive, comprehensive data privacy law would’ve covered the TikTok base and any software by any other threat. Home run, Grand slam, easy win and easy points.
Of course it’s not going that way because it was never about national security.
If true, Musk may have bought shares in companies that deal with data and wants to simply profit. I have had a work colleague who got rich buying stocks and is bit of a fan of Elon Musk. He admits that private data is basically the new gold but the masses is all too unaware or uncaring for it. So you might be on to something with this.