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JumpCrisscross 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users

> if the driving force behind it was national security concerns which have not been revealed to the public?

No. It was national security risks that have been amply disclosed. The Cuban Missile Crisis was still a crisis even if the Soviets didn’t launch.

saagarjha 3 months ago [–]

What are the possible capabilities here?

JumpCrisscross 3 months ago | [–]

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42738464

This has been publicly litigated well.

saagarjha 3 months ago | | [–]

Right, but what's the actual demonstration of this? I keep hearing "TikTok can do bad thing" but it's not shown to actually happen and we don't seem interested in making them not do that.

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