There is no evidence that it is banned. ByteDance just made the same app for the PRC market

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-tiktok-banned-in-china/

Well the CCP does exert considerable control over TikToks parent company ByteDance. The CCP has already utilized data from TikTok to track protestors and other “dissidents”

https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-china-bytedance-user-data-d257d98125f69ac80f983e6067a84911

No the CCP does not own Tik Tok but it might as well own it.

Unfortunately this situation is not unlike what the US government likely does. However, hopefully this precedence building policy recognizes that data privacy from 3rd party entities is needed. Will that standard be applied to US companies? Not likely any time soon but I’m optimistic.

As a resident in Michigan, this is good news but definitely not something we need to focus on at this point in time.

The state government needs to focus on the basics and by that I mean clean water. Flint still has a water crisis and many cities like Brenton Harbor as well as northern Michigan towns face the same issues.

It is possible they can fix the water infrastructure and provide free community college since they do have a large budget surplus.

https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/news/michigans-2024-budget-will-spend-all-but-3-of-states-9b-surplus

Well shouldn’t the rule of law have a say? He hasn’t been convicted of anything that would bar him from office.

He definitely should not be president but even he needs to face justice before states start arbitrarily banning him as a candidate.

If more states bar him I have no doubt red states will start banning Democrat candidates and it will start an endless tit for tat chain of retribution. The only way it can be stopped is if he is convicted and then removed from ballot.

Third party voting being a recent addition? Have you heard of Ross Perot? Have you heard of the Whig party? Third party voting has been around for centuries. The Democrats and Republicans just want you to think it’s not a thing.

The threshold for participation of a candidate unfairly keeps 3rd parties out so the Democrats and Republicans can keep power.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/do-the-debates-unfairly-shut-out-third-parties/

Oh that’s good. I didn’t see they had gotten the full approval.

I think there will need to be a point though where we determine that those who are not at risk don’t need to get the vaccine and those at risk should still get it.

The pharmaceutical companies are pulling in tons of money based on the strong push that “everyone must get it”. Unfortunately that money gets funneled into their lobbying power and thus continues the viscous cycle.

There is a reason the US provides approximately half the pharmaceutical sales in the world. https://www.statista.com/statistics/272181/world-pharmaceutical-sales-by-region/

For some odd reason that’s not resulting in longer average lifespans. According to United Nations estimates, the US ranks 47th in life expectancy.

https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/

At some point we need to cut the pharmaceutical companies loose because we are not seeing our money’s worth.

Well DeSantis is never going to get elected so he won’t be able to implement that.

That being said, at what point do we cut funding for the vaccine? Why are we subsidizing a product that is making pharmaceutical companies tons of money? It’s not like they are broke.

Additionally, when are we going to revoke the Emergency Use Authorization for these products?

I know the CCP in China is way ahead of you. They already have a social credit system. You wanted a passport? Maybe you shouldn’t have spoken out against government policy.

It doesn’t sound authoritarian at all /s

For at least your first 2 points, I would argue that websites are designed with features and are exclusive to chromium based browsers (Chrome, Brave, and Edge).

The Bitwarden issue may just be Bitwarden related.

I haven’t observed the other items so I can’t speak to them.