Comment on ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US
HiT3k@midwest.social 2 months agoA lot of the users here are just butthurt anti social media people, not actually principled free speech or rule of law advocates. This ban is arguably unconstitutional and TikTok is being targeted for purely political reasons, not because of any credible threat to “national security.” This is some Patriot Act bullshit, but the clueless mainstream just clamors for it because CNN/Fox spends hours of airtime decrying the dangers of TikTok, and a fraction doing the same for Meta/X/Reddit.
impure9435@kbin.run 2 months ago
TikTok is literally controlled directly by the Chinese government, which is officially considered a foreign adversary (for a good reason)
HiT3k@midwest.social 2 months ago
Source?
impure9435@kbin.run 2 months ago
There are more than enough sources, just google "TikTok Chinese government influence". Just a few examples:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2023/07/26/tiktok-chinese-propaganda-ads-europe/
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-china-us-elections-influence
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/11/china-is-using-tiktok-for-influence-campaigns-odni-says-00146336
Also, just think about it: The CCP loves spreading propaganda. There's a massive social media platform controlled by China, which is used by young people in foreign adversary nations. Why wouldn't they leverage this platform to spread their lies and influence people? It's literally the perfect opportunity.
HiT3k@midwest.social 2 months ago
Wow. How predictable. Nothing you posted has anything to do with the Chinese government controlling TikTok.
Instead, you posted one story about TikTok in Europe running ads by the CCP, and two about the CCP using accounts on TikTok.
It’s a well known fact that the CCP runs accounts on Reddit and other socials. TikTok accepting and running ads from the CCP in Europe is a European problem. Could be addressed by updated regulations around ads, idk, I’m not European.
So again, you people are repeating US intelligence propaganda about the Chinese government “owning and controlling” TikTok and then posting “proof” that proves nothing.
Try again?
Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s all platform agnostic. You think they didn’t have accounts and ads on every major service?