davel [he/him] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoParis Marx: The TikTok ban is all about preserving US powerdisconnect.blogexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1195
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minus-squareChozolinkfedilink16•1 year agoI thought government employees were already banned from having TikTok on their devices. Does that not also apply to military personnel?
minus-squareThe DoctorlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoHard to say, they’re in a different chain of command.
minus-squarefireflylinkfedilink1•1 year ago@[email protected] @[email protected] The fiasco is just political theater. Watch the right hand, don’t see what the left hand is doing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoHow so? Have them use government equipment and restrict what gets installed on that equipment. It’s not that hard. They can use what they want on their personal devices, and the government can restrict access to their personal devices while they’re on duty
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoRight, so not banning it on their devices, which would be hard to enforce.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoBanning on personal devices would likely be unconstitutional, unless there’s a nationwide ban. Banning on work devices is totally acceptable.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•1 year agoTikTok is banned from official devices, i.e. and phone provided by the DoD, etc. There is no ban on it being on a personal phone; just a strong recommendation against having the app.
I thought government employees were already banned from having TikTok on their devices. Does that not also apply to military personnel?
Hard to say, they’re in a different chain of command.
That just doesn’t seem very enforceable.
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The fiasco is just political theater. Watch the right hand, don’t see what the left hand is doing.
How so? Have them use government equipment and restrict what gets installed on that equipment. It’s not that hard.
They can use what they want on their personal devices, and the government can restrict access to their personal devices while they’re on duty
Right, so not banning it on their devices, which would be hard to enforce.
Banning on personal devices would likely be unconstitutional, unless there’s a nationwide ban. Banning on work devices is totally acceptable.
TikTok is banned from official devices, i.e. and phone provided by the DoD, etc. There is no ban on it being on a personal phone; just a strong recommendation against having the app.