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> This assumes that the government is sincere in its complaint that their concern is about user's data. I watched the hearing. The main concern voiced is manip
by creato 4y ago
> This assumes that the government is sincere in its complaint that their concern is about user's data.
I watched the hearing. The main concern voiced is manipulation of content by the CCP. User data is what cranky HN users care about.
- andrekandre 4y ago> The main concern voiced is manipulation of content by the CCP in what way has the content being manipulated?
- creato 4y agoI don’t know if it has been, and it would be extremely difficult to prove one way or the other. But the potential is obvious. China already heavily manipulates content for domestic consumption, and foreign information in other contexts. Why would TikTok be an exception?
- bradDonniger 4y agoUS television censors, program directors, editors “heavily censor” acceptable content. Before the internet TV was the goto black box of censored and cultivated information. No official government body does not prevent unofficial collusion. People go to dinner, play golf, define how to scratch each others backs given the rules. Americans are no less propagandized and experiencing information shaping. Prattling on about the authority of dead men’s political documents and philosophy is propaganda.