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Eh... how? Isn't this exactly what every single advertiser does? Isn't this what amazon does? Can anybody describe a single credible threatening scenario, eve

• gambiting 4y ago
  Sure - on the day of the next presidential election in US, tiktok shows everyone political content that makes them vote one way or another - tailored specifically to their interests and presented in the way that is most likely to have an impact. Before the government has any chance to react, the damage is already done - what do you do then? Or they can do the same but in a way more subtle way over months or years, they control the algorithm after all. Or they can influence how people feel about Taiwan, Ukraine, military, religion or a million other topics - they have the audience. They do this already elsewhere too - see comparison between what tiktok shows you in Russia and what it shows you in Ukraine. And yes Amazon Facebook and Google can do the same - but they are American corporations so the American government obviously isn't going to act against them..
  • zug_zug 4y ago
    Yeah this makes a lot more sense to me than "stealing our information" that I saw elsewhere. Definitely bears thinking about as a hypothetical, but a ban would seem rather preemptive.