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I think preventing the CCP from accessing private data of American citizens probably falls under normal statecraft actions
by nicolashahn 4y ago
I think preventing the CCP from accessing private data of American citizens probably falls under normal statecraft actions
- kibwen 4y agoAgreed, and "espionage" is a fine answer, but that raises the question of why they haven't gone as far as explicitly saying "espionage".
- nicolashahn 4y agoI think this is a bigger problem, from the article: > Carr highlighted concerns about U.S. data flowing back to China and the risk of a state actor using TikTok to covertly influence political processes in the United States.
- lostmsu 4y agoIs influencing political processes illegal?
- nicolashahn 4y agoIs that something we want a foreign borderline hostile state to be doing?
- afiori 4y agoForeigners cannot donate to political campaigns in the US
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- ceejayoz 4y agoLikely because it'll become a political football, as everything these days does. "Biden took away your TikToks!" "Here's 23 articles about sad influencers who lost their accounts!"
- colechristensen 4y agoIf they’re worried about the data being lost, ban and enforce bans on collecting that information by everybody. I’m more concerned with google having that information than China (China doesn’t give a shit about me, google has a lot of surface area to affect me)
- ajsnigrutin 4y agoIt's funny how when some other country blocks access to eg. facebook, we're immediately talking about how undemocratic that is, how people should protest, etc. I'm not sure what data exactly tiktok collects, but i'm pretty sure it's not a lot more than what facebook does.
- pasquinelli 4y agowhat private data are they getting? the data american citizens publish on tiktok?
- nicolashahn 4y agoData which can distinguish a citizen's political leanings so they can serve the proper content to influence elections, harvested just through the data from their viewing habits
- afiori 4y agoCambridge Analytica showed that you need surprisingly little* data to learn how to influence people. * still a lot