A push message that a number of users reported they couldn't close out until they'd dialed the number, an error which ByteDance only fixed well after the damage had already been done.

Perhaps you'd prefer the South China Morning Post, which had 0 mentions of this incident in its article[0], although to be fair that paper is owned by the Alibaba group, whose CEO magically disappeared for months one time for speaking out against Xi.

It's a good thing we have numerous other sources on the matter[1][2][3].

But I suppose they're all owned by western corporations, so who can we trust? I myself wouldn't trust the paper that casually omitted a crucial detail about the controversy.

[0]https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-chief-tell-us-congress... [1]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/krishnamoorthi-gallagher-tiktok... [2]https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/07/tiktok-us... [3]https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/tiktok-ban-congress-phone-c...

> Please demonstrate, then

It starts and ends with whether you trust the CCP. We cannot control the CCP. (We legally can control American social media companies.)

If you think the CCP is innocuous, this bill won't make sense. If you think they're an adversary, this bill is obvious.