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The right to talk _to_ tiktok (ie use the app) is the Free Speech
by henryfjordan 3y ago
The right to talk _to_ tiktok (ie use the app) is the Free Speech
- rasz 3y agoYou arent talking, you are consuming. You can consume all you want using web interface. App tracks users, builds detailed profiles and can be used to spy and manipulate whole population (elections). Sure bookface does the same, but bookface is under US jurisdiction and there can be at least a glimpse of oversight. The only oversight tiktok receives comes from Chinese Communist party officials lawfully installed there "to provide necessary conditions for the activities of party association.". https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/China-s-companies-rewrite-rules-to-declare-Communist-Party-ties https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/China-s-companies... https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/12/communist-cells-influence-companies-in-china-fbi-director.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/12/communist-cells-influence-co... https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-jinpings-subtle-strategy-to-control-chinas-biggest-companies-ad001a63 https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-jinpings-subtle-strategy-to-...