Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok

• BlueJayOakerson@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably plenty. Tik tok is just the biggest owned by a foreign government that also is showing pretty immediate extreme negative effects on children’s attention spans and learning capabilities.

  But people are still gonna whine because they’re 25 year olds who need to watch 80 videos of unboxing shoes in 4 minutes . That’s really the only pro tik tok argument there is.

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  • neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It sets a pretty chilling precedent that non-American competition can be forced to sell to Americans for (insert arbitrary reason here).

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    • jaschen@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s owned by the CCP who is currently trying to undermine our election. It tried to do it in Taiwan where I currently live.

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      • exanime@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s owned by the CCP who is currently trying to undermine our election

        Not that this may not be true, but the USA undermines it’s own foundation of democracy

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    • BlueJayOakerson@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It really doesn’t set a bad precedent forcing a foreign adversary to have less control over the US population. We should really force the sale of a lot of Chinese properties in the US as well. A foreign government should not have so much control over rental and housing prices in the US.

      Why are you pro foreign adversary controlling the daily lives of Americans? It’s a very odd stance to take and openly say unless you’re not American obviously.

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  • ChexMax@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m guessing you’ve never been on TikTok. It’s a pretty good news source and information disseminator. Your algorithm feeds you what you pick so if you linger on posts from physical therapists and psychologists about child development, that’s what you learn about. If you linger on political posts highlighting our local and federal government’s corruption, you get that.

    I’m all for banning it (and all social media) for children, but if you think TikTok is all trash TV, you’ve been successfully propagandized.

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    • BlueJayOakerson@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wtf? You see nothing wrong with your first two sentences??? “It’s great at disseminating information. The Chinese government learns how I think then starts to show me propaganda they want that will align with my opinions so they can drive how I think and what I learn in the future”

      That’s fucking wild that you’re saying all of this is a positive thing.

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