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It has everything to do with children. The reason it's bad that an app controlled indirectly by the CCP is running on half the phones is not just because of 20t
by dTal 4y ago
It has everything to do with children. The reason it's bad that an app controlled indirectly by the CCP is running on half the phones is not just because of 20th century concerns like "spying" and "espionage". It's because it affords the CCP direct control over a huge chunk of the attention and cultural zeitgeist of the US population. It's not exaggerating to call it a memetic weapon. It's not the only technological memetic weapon - the Facebook ads used by Cambridge Analytica also qualify - but it's the most successful one deployed internationally to date. That anyone has noticed, anyway.
Some have drawn parallels between TikTok and the opium wars. TikTok is 21st century opium. This is payback.
- zo1 4y agoNot sure why people refuse to see how dysfunctional and toxic culture has gotten targeting kids and young adults. Everything is blatantly racist, misandrist, misogynistic, anti marriage, anti family, pro sexual deviancy, anti female, pro violence, sexualising minors, etc. And then it's all packaged neatly and presented in little culture pills with catchy music and an enticing music video that confuses kids. And then to top it all off, it's then protected from criticism using whatever means available.
- heavyset_go 4y ago> Some have drawn parallels between TikTok and the opium wars. TikTok is 21st century opium. This is payback. IMO, that would be fentanyl.