MKTG 6101 Week 2 TikTok Dangers Post 2

 

MKTG 6101 Week 2 TikTok Dangers Post 2

 

          I am very concerned about the dangers of Tik Tok. I have never been a person advocating for more government regulation and increasing the role government has on our lives. I do believe however that the role of government is to protect its citizens. During President Trumps’s administration he fought to protect our rights and targeted Tik Tok specifically. President Trump’s first order argues that TikTok poses an economic and national security threat to U.S. interests. U.S. officials have expressed concern that China’s authoritarian government would have access to the data TikTok collects from users, including Americans. TikTok has said it would never hand over such data.

            Other large Chinese companies like Tencent have cooperated with the Chinese government. President Trumps efforts were not strongly supported and when the new administration took over the efforts for the sale of Tik Tok to an American company were abandoned. I was really surprised to see a New York Times article that now sees how correct President Trump was and encourages the current administration to continue the efforts.

            As a parent I had encouraged my kids to remove Tik Tok from their phones. I explained to them how all the private information on their phones could be compromised. I got them to stop using it for a while but unfortunately, they fail to understand the risks and went back to using it all the time.