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I have to say, while on its face I'm open to the thought that a large social media site, which relies on consuming and analyze marketing and training data, and
by mrcwinn 4y ago
I have to say, while on its face I'm open to the thought that a large social media site, which relies on consuming and analyze marketing and training data, and is partly owned by a "competitor" with a very different perspective on personal liberty and government —
Can someone show me the receipts!?
As the author points out, there are these vague claims by now two administrations of different political parties. Or I hear sort of hazy assertions from The Verge that TikTok is doing bad things.
What is the evidence? If we don't have the evidence, why are we still making the murky claims? If we DO have the evidence, why on earth haven't we done something about it yet?
I have to assume I'm really quite ignorant, that there is some reason for the inaction by political leaders, and so I come here genuinely from the standpoint of wanting to learn. Maybe I'm naive in either case! XD
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- cherioo 4y agoI don’t think there is any evidence because TikTok has not reach the point where it is comfortable doing much of China’s bidding. I think it has done some, like perennial removal/deprioritizing Tiananmen Square videos, but nothing overtly damaging. Because, why do it? It’s just here to make money and sell ads. Doing China’s bidding risks losing money, big no no for business. All the threats are theoretical, about a future where TikTok is even more ubiquitous. No one can argue against such hypothetical, and would be suicidal for any politician to do so. So, here we are.
- Workaccount2 4y agoTiktok is defacto doing the CCP's bidding. They don't have a choice not to. There is no rule of law or separation of powers in China. It's not like tiktok can sue the CCP to leave them alone (let alone the idea even come up in the boardroom). I think this debate would be much clearer if people didn't (probably without even realizing it) think they understand how China works because they understand how American works.
- ikekkdcjkfke 4y agoAlso, it can just be in "sleeper mode" now and start jacking up the biases in critical moments, like a new oil field in alaska etc.