If you are talking about Khalil, he didn't just speak against Israel, it seems like his role in an org which openly supported Hamas may have played a part but didn't matter legally. The legal issue was that he left out facts on his green card application.
I am 100% sure that support of terrorist orgs can invalidate your green card.
> According to recent court filings, President Donald Trump's administration said Khalil failed to disclose when applying for his green card last year that his employment by the Syria Office at the British Embassy in Beirut went "beyond 2022" and that he was a "political affairs officer" for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees from June to November 2023.
> "Regardless of his allegations concerning political speech, Khalil withheld membership in certain organizations and failed to disclose continuing employment by the Syria Office in the British Embassy in Beirut when he submitted his adjustment of status application. It is black-letter law that misrepresentations in this context are not protected speech," the government said in the filing.
Most of these things are not black/white. We should wait for all the facts to come out.
Yeah, and it is within my rights to call for controls over its ownership. After all, we are a free country.
Just like one person getting vaccinated is useless, I want the country to be inoculated from insidious propaganda outside of democratic control and review.
And it is within my rights to point out the hypocrisy of those who cry freedom
> I don't understand people who correctly point out that TikTok is a "vector for influence of public opinion", but somehow think that's only a bad thing if it's controlled by a "geopolitical adversary".
By your implied logic, the US should allow Chinese police to function on US soil as the US already had US police on US soil.
> that'll mean foundation model companies can only bank on the thin facade of product.
The “facade” of product tested in the real world in the hands of millions or billions is better than thousands of unread/uncited/clique-cited papers using questionable gameable benchmarks.
> But I contest that people are freely and knowingly giving that data to the CCP
I contest otherwise. Even if that is the case, how does that prevent the govt from acting correctly or morally?
People would love to pay no taxes, should the govt then tax no one? What kind of logic is that?
> The US government isn't saving their citizens from the CCP. They just don't want the CCP to have the data that Americans want to give them.
Strawman argument. Once again it is not just data! It is an oppressive foreign adversary that can push harmful propaganda. And has done so as pointed above!
> Regarding propaganda, it's obvious that it's content Americans want. They would leave the platform if they didn't.
Not all Americans. Americans want to ban TikTok. Thats who democracy works. The house has proportional representation.
> it's obvious that it's content Americans want
Nope, it is not obvious at all. In fact, the other way is more obvious given the majority (352-65-1) with which this passed in the House.
It is obvious Americans want TikTok banned or divested from China.
(You may be unfamiliar with democracy and how it works, if so, my apologies.)
I am 100% sure that support of terrorist orgs can invalidate your green card.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-administration-claims-palest...
> According to recent court filings, President Donald Trump's administration said Khalil failed to disclose when applying for his green card last year that his employment by the Syria Office at the British Embassy in Beirut went "beyond 2022" and that he was a "political affairs officer" for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees from June to November 2023.
> "Regardless of his allegations concerning political speech, Khalil withheld membership in certain organizations and failed to disclose continuing employment by the Syria Office in the British Embassy in Beirut when he submitted his adjustment of status application. It is black-letter law that misrepresentations in this context are not protected speech," the government said in the filing.
Most of these things are not black/white. We should wait for all the facts to come out.