And everything else…
US claims TikTok collected user views on issues like abortion, gun control.
Submitted 3 months ago by ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world
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Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 months ago
“Only we can do that”.
filister@lemmy.world 3 months ago
If only the US was applying the same level of scrutiny to Facebook, Instagram, X, etc.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
no offence but i’m gonna have to see a lot more evidence before i believe something from us state media.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 3 months ago
On the other hand, it would be quite surprising if tiktok wasn’t collecting everything it could about its users.
HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Like literally every American company does. I’m not a tankie and I’m definitely not a fan of China, but this is one of those situations where the US government doesn’t actually care about the issue, just that they’re not the one doing it
wafflez@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This is literally not new information. Social media tries to harvest as much data as it can. Data analysts frequently quit and instantly start using ad blockers and other protective measures for a reason.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
US claims
Untrustable
TikTok
Definitely some sinophobic BS.
Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
We definitely shouldn’t normalise this sort of surveillance, whether it’s simply for advertising or for more nefarious purposes. China already banned apps like Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter, so was that due to anglophobia or is it ok when China does it, but not when the US does it?
I agree with you on some level - it’s definitely not cool to only focus on TikTok, because these surveillance machines are IMO all equally problematic. But most Lemmy users have a dim view of all mainstream social media apps because they all suck with regards to user privacy. But is TikTok hated on more than Threads or Facebook? I really don’t think so. And the narrative that any criticism of the Chinese state must be sinophobic is total bullshit. The Chinese state is just as sleazy and authoritarian as any other large nation state. They all deserve criticism when they use these digital panopticons for political purposes.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 months ago
Why is collecting that specifically bad?
xiao@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Just like GAMAM in most of countries -_-… Ban them all
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I for one am shocked that TikTok is gathering usage statistics. Just SHOCKED!
The DoJ is desperate to try and pretend TikTok is doing something evil rather than what every website on the planet does. As if lemmy mods aren’t collecting data on here right now.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
I am a mod of a community that I lost interest in after I created it, still exists though, so I am a mod.
I have an entire notebook full of notes like this:
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Tell me you don’t understand running a service without saying a word.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Always hilarious to see .world rubes defending Chinese spyware. Never change.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
… as opposed to American Spyware? I’m no fan of any governments, including both Chinese and American (not fully anti government, just think all need drastic improvments) but while I understand calling it Spyware, the focus on Chinese feels a bit sinophobic. Facebook does bad spying work too, plus has run experiments on users live. Cambridge Analytica stole info for political means as well. Google, ISPs, and many other info sites collect and sell info on you, and many of them will submit info to governments when requested. X/Twitter is run by an egotistical MAGA idiot who is blocking stuff he doesn’t like but allowing Nazis to be broadcast to everyone.
They should all be considered similarly problematic.