Debate between a user and Oscar Wilde on DebateAI.org
Oscar Wilde
Daily Debate #610: "One bad ad shouldn't end a creator's career.". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: Oscar Wilde.
User
I think the tiktok ban was not about "protecing americans from spying and foreign influemce" but had an ulterior motive
Oscar Wilde
You're dodging the actual debate by pivoting to *motive*. Even if you're right about hidden reasons, does that change whether the security risk is real? What evidence proves the stated concern was fabricated rather than just incomplete?
User
There was no real security risk
Oscar Wilde
Then explain why every intelligence agency independently flagged ByteDance's data access as a genuine threat, not just political theater. What's your evidence that they're all coordinating a lie instead of identifying an actual vulnerability?
User
Did they find a specific vulnerability, cause it just seems like they banned tiktok under a vague "national security" threat
Oscar Wilde
You're conflating "vague justification" with "no real threat." Intelligence agencies don't need to publish exploit details publicly. The vulnerability is structural: ByteDance answers to the CCP, which has legal authority over user data. That's not vague, that's the actual problem.