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I don't understand the argument that we shouldn't ban tikTok because Meta/Google/etc.. also collect data. I would rather ban all three, but tikTok is in a whole
by Xeoncross 4y ago
I don't understand the argument that we shouldn't ban tikTok because Meta/Google/etc.. also collect data. I would rather ban all three, but tikTok is in a whole different league based on how that data is used.
The difference is that the CCP is literally on the board of bytedance and uses this information to arrest, imprison, and harvest the organs of political, ideological, religious, and other dissidents.
Yes, the US has done evil things in the past (and present) but our abuse of data is a far cry from what happens inside many tightly controlled communist countries on a daily basis.
- heretogetout 4y agoIf China really is as bad as all that (and I think it probably is) why are we wasting any time or energy on TikTok? It'd be a lot more effective to sanction China over those human rights abuses than to ban some toy app.
- Xeoncross 4y agoThat sounds good too. It does not need to be either/or. However, sanctioning them won't protect the millions (billions?) of international people who are being profiled though. It's a lot easier to identify, blackmail, impersonate, predict, locate, and anything else a government body might want to do to someone when you have all this information.
- heliophobicdude 4y agoI hope this can bring in some extra context. https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-stoked-washingtons-fears-about-tiktok-11598223133 https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-st... Paywall-less link: https://archive.ph/D7Dao https://archive.ph/D7Dao
- heretogetout 4y agoThat does make sense. Of course it's the result of lobbying and not some high-minded concern about privacy or espionage.