Ah fuck it, its just the next step the US is just mad China got this privacy invader and not them. Meanwhile Meta is the internet to most of Africa.
All major social medias have been toxic and invasive and only now does it matter to the US.
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TypicalHog@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I’m not for banning shit. I am for educating. We need to show people what TikTok really is, what it does and how it affects shit.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It’s not about privacy. China and the US have all the data on you they could want. It’s about control. TikTok has successfully activated their base to contact their representatives with a notification from the app. It shows that they could use it to influence our politics.
China recognizes the danger, hence all western apps being banned. If they recognize the danger, then they must also recognize the utility. Are they using it? It’s hard to say, but TikTok is what that would look like.
hark@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You mean like how rideshare apps told their users to vote in specific ways on specific ballot proposals? No talk about banning those apps.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Sure, but as far as I’m aware they’re American companies. Americans are allowed to influence our elections. Foreign agents are not. Whether they’re doing it on behalf of China or not, they’re foreign agents with a lot of political power, and have been shown to use it for their own self interest.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink. Many lack the complexity of thought to understand they are being played like fiddles.
bitwolf@lemmy.one 2 months ago
People dont care so long as their friends are also using it.
TypicalHog@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Sadly.
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The problem, from the government’s perspective, is that there’s no way to only see some of the fnords. If we teach people to recognize Chinese propaganda, they’ll start to recognize American propaganda too. Better to keep us stupid and then control who’s allowed to talk to us in the first place.