TikTok allegedly monitoring users’ Grindr activity, digital rights group claims

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• apples4anna@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ll never forgive TikTok for successfully pushing (and radicalizing) more Romanians to the far right in 1 month (Nov-Dec 2024) than all the other media sources combined have been able to in years. Nastiest platform by far.

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• FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  People should stop using these ad and tracking apps disguised as some useful app.

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  • m33@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    TT is not a useful application, it’s a mental sickness virus. It leads to hate and self harm.

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    • SlimePirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      To be more honest:

      Tiktok is actually very useful to find

      • very specific recipes
      • rare places to visit
      • specific tutorials
      • content in rare languages
      • insight from countries and cultures not found in regular media
      • some manifestation footage from the pov of the people
      • even some war/violent event footage before moderation and is better than Youtube, Reddit or a regular search engine for those.

      However, it also has huge amounts of

      • misinformation
      • political propaganda
      • dumb people
      • pseudoscience
      • mass surveillance

      and it’s usage has negative effects on brain such as:

      • reduced attention span
      • distorted time perception
      • boredom intolerance

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• bklyn@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yikes! Glad I never used TikTok

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