Comment on Supreme Court backs TikTok ban: App set to shut down Sunday

MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bad precedent of banning widely popular apps that do data mining and influence and that are controlled by non friendly dictatorships? If VK was popular in the US, should it get banned, or should we just let it do its things?

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  • JillyB@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ban the data-mining

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  • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The problem is saying that it’s bad if it’sa Chinese company but ok if it’s a US company. This is a racist and anti globalist policy.

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    • VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Its not ok when it’s an American company, and America has a long way to go on this.

      However, enforcement is impossible when China is the one controlling it. There is no limit to what they are allowed to do with the data.

      China is banning any Chinese personal data from leaving the country because they are afraid we would handle the data the same way they do foreign data.

      Race has nothing to do with it. Dictatorship does. It’s bad if any dictatorship or unfriendly country does it.

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        China also has influence on other platforms. I don’t think that’s that big on an issue.

        The problem is privacy not China

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Who decides what is bad? How is censorship going to get enforced?

    This feels like a step closer to state run firewall.

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  • MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think the government should get to control what apps, websites, etc… we can and can’t use to communicate with our fellow humans.

    Strengthen data privacy laws. Algorithm transparency laws. Look at gdpr and TikTok being sued for sending their data back to China. Etc…

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