@PolymarketSport HSI(Homeland Security Investigations) has offices in Canada but they primarily deal with human trafficking and drug smuggling. They have offices in Canada to help facilitate cooperation between Canadian & US LEO. ERO(Enforcement and Removal Operations) does not operate in Canada.
I read the legal opinion. Here's what you should know:
➡️TikTok lost almost every single argument it made.
➡️This is a 9-0 ruling. That sends a resounding message.
➡️TikTok's data collection practices are insane. The app gather data that other apps normally consider off limits, including the content of users' private messages, and the full contents of a user's device contacts.
➡️It's the last part that concerned the SCOTUS justices the most. If you have an email contact who has a TikTok account, China has your name, email, and possibly your phone number, photo, and more.
➡️Chinese law requires its social media companies (including TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance) to "assist or cooperate" with the Chinese government's "intelligence work" and to ensure that the Chinese government has "the power to access and control private data."
➡️Congress and the FBI worry that this info (and more) could be used for espionage or to compile blackmail dossiers on elected officials or government employees. All 9 SCOTUS justices agree that the need to prevent espionage overrules any First Amendment concerns.
➡️You should have stopped watching those stupid dancing videos months ago.
arguing that a tiktok ban is contrary to free speech is hilarious given that this is the same app that taught gen z to be too afraid to say the word "killed" or "died"