US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says

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• cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  does anyone care? tiktok is a dead platform that only idiots use.

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• TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ah yes, a fine example of small government free market.

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• Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Uninstall TikTok. It’s spyware anyways.

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  • tias@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So is Facebook and Instagram

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Uninstall them too

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  • FundMECFS@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Always has been.

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  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Any tips on how do I get my parents banned from WeChat? Too much cringe media and blasting wechat short videos on loudspeaker.

    Should I just change their profile pic to the ROC flag for the lulz? We live in the US btw.

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    • Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not entirely sure, I’ve never had to decouple someone from social media. My relatives are hopelessly addicted to Facebook.

      A suggestion would be to try to gently persuade them of the harms of WeChat, but not to be too pushy about it, could cause them to push back or use it on secret. If they care about their privacy, perhaps taking that route would be beneficial. Having some articles on hand that affirm your argument can help too.

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• kokesh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  … aaaand banning TikTok in our network.

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• nyan@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So the difference between the current ownership, who may be handing data over to the Chinese government and are using an algorithm that promotes undesirable content for “engagement” and propaganda purposes, and the new ownership, who I’m sure will happily sell data to anyone who pays up including thinly disguised fronts for the Chinese government, and will also use an algorithm that promotes undesirable content for “engagement” and propaganda purposes is . . . what, really, at the end of the day?

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    American dudes getting rich instead of Chinese dudes, though they’ll make the Chinese dudes rich in the process.

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• land@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  RIP free speech

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• MisterCurtis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Just another propaganda machine

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• tias@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “In about two weeks”

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• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How do you “control” an algorithm?

  Doesn’t China still have the code?

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  • brendansimms@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    the algo is worthless without users. What it should say is …“control its users feeds by directing the algorithm to show government sanctioned content only”

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