• CyberSeeker
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    8 months ago

    So if ISPs are once again Title II common carriers, how can they enforce the TikTok ban? 🤔

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      8 months ago

      It will be enforced through the app stores, I imagine. You raise a good point, though, that people will still be able to access TikTok through mobile web.

      • prole@sh.itjust.works
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        8 months ago

        Could be the beginning of a nationwide firewall type system like they have in China. I feel like most current methods of blocking an app could be pretty easily circumvented.

        Beyond the government sniffing every packet and blocking TikTok-related ones, I’m not sure how else they could effectively block the app.

        And that’s a very bad path to start down.

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        8 months ago

        I don’t doubt that TikTok would eventually post an apk on its website after being banned from app stores, so app should be a non-issue too.