And tiktok is supposed to be our enemy?
this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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I'm very skeptical that the Chinese government having your data as an American is worse than the American government and corporations (you know, the people with applicable jurisdiction) having it. Seems more likely to me that American interests just weren't happy about a huge platform of Americans not being under their umbrella of control and censorship. Sure, you could argue that China of course has their own, but the two wouldn't completely overlap, so there were windows where things could be freely and organically discussed and organized by Americans, without American government and corporate interference. Obviously that couldn't be allowed to stand.
Yes there definitely would be an alterior agenda to the reasons for the push to hate on tiktok data fears. But that's not to say that people are any safer (data wise) with US big tech.
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How did they come up with this idea? Did the algorithm suggest this pattern, or did someone in marketing come up with it?
Fucking hell. That is vile!