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cred_it t1_j0x9blh wrote

Horrible, horrible article title. They’re only referring to government-owned devices, the source is an Apple device MDM provider, and they say 65% of devices managed by their public-sector customers. That’s light years away from “most access globally”

Not to mention that any government-affiliated IT admin should have implemented those blocks prior to initial device enrollment. SMH.

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First-Funnies t1_j0y2dje wrote

click bait. disinformation/misinformation/propaganda

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blumberg49 t1_j0zmvfx wrote

It's not disinformation /misinformation/propaganda if you just read the article. If you meet someone and they perpetuate stuff like this, cut them out of your life. It's your job to be well read, it's a media companies job to make money and because no one wants to pay a subscription for news or read news with lots of ads in it, clickbait titles are what drives views and makes sure writers get paid.

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ExistingCarry4868 t1_j0y44wg wrote

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. should also be banned. Why would it be fine for a private corporation to spy on government officials as long as the company was based in the US?

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ultima-ratio-populi t1_j0yg1tp wrote

Private corporations run the country. Many of the internet companies in the US cooperate with NSA. Government regulators often get offered high-paying jobs in the industries they regulate, they call it the revolving door.

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MineralPoint t1_j0zbh3z wrote

Because, we have very limited oversight, influence and control over a foreign corporation. Especially, with one that has links to an adversarial government. Normally, not a big deal for most things outside of national defense. However, SM is the atomic bomb of propaganda - the most powerful weapon ever built. Thinking of it that way, allowing US contractors to build, maintain and sometimes test those weapons on US soil is one thing. Imagine if we were letting China do that (we are), it's inconceivable. Full disclosure, I actually love TT and know that when it gets banned a good enough clone (not named FB Reels) will take its place.

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maharg79 t1_j0z7932 wrote

Yeah im a government contractor and it's been over 2 years now since we have had tiktok banned on our phones.

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YoHeadAsplode t1_j0zayug wrote

I work for a government institute (state university) and it's even banned on the network so students and employees can't even access Tiktok on campus unless they are using their own mobile data

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QuintoBlanco t1_j0ybw2u wrote

>Not to mention that any government-affiliated IT admin should have implemented those blocks

Not to mention that any government-affiliated IT admin should have implemented those blocks prior to initial

Thank you for using 'should' instead of 'would'.

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