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Banning tik tok is not about privacy. It's about geo-politics, influence operations and such
by ikekkdcjkfke 4y ago
Banning tik tok is not about privacy. It's about geo-politics, influence operations and such
- BizarroLand 4y agoI may be out there but I feel like it is also an Oligopolitical act to protect the interests of America's wealthy elite. Tik Tok has 1.534 billion users out of which 1 billion are monthly active users. Only Facebook (2.9 Billion), Youtube (2.5 billion), Whatsapp (2 Billion), Instagram (1.4 Billion), and Wechat (1.2 Billion) have more Monthly Active users than TikTok. It's working its way towards becoming the predominant social media app the world over and has been enough of a threat to both Google and Facebook that they have changed their systems to imitate TikTok to try to stop the hemorrhaging. If America passes a law to lock TikTok out, it would be a Federal Act to help America's wealthy elite. The fact that this fact is disguised as a "desperate attempt to protect America's people from malicious foreign actors" is maddeningly pathetic, the actions of a whiny crybaby bully who used to beat up the weaker kid until they had a growth spurt and started fighting back fairly.