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If we agree that that's bad, why do we allow Facebook to do it? Why not craft a ban on the bad behavior, which would then necessarily also preclude Tiktok from
by coldpie 3y ago
If we agree that that's bad, why do we allow Facebook to do it? Why not craft a ban on the bad behavior, which would then necessarily also preclude Tiktok from doing it?
- kibwen 3y agoSure, let's do it. I haven't seen anyone defending Facebook's own shitty behavior here. If you mean why don't politicians do it, the answer is corruption (lobbying).
- gardenhedge 3y agoBecause the US government has more authority over Facebook than it does for a Chinese tech company.
- coldpie 3y agoI don't understand how. If Facebook or Tiktok('s US branch) violates some law against whatever bad behavior, we can punish them or shut them down. If we don't have such a law, then by definition we have no control over it. What is the difference?
- ejlxsh 3y agoIf you ban Facebook because the US government has too much of a reach, then you’re asking the party in control to block themselves
- gardenhedge 3y agoI don't understand the confusion. Tiktok is under Chinese control and Facebook is under USA control.
- ramblenode 3y agoWhat law does Facebook's product have to comply with that TikTok's product doesn't?
- carapace 3y ago> why do we allow Facebook to do it? We shouldn't. They are starting to make AI personas to interact with teenagers. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-chatbot-younger-users-dab6cb32 https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-chatbot-younger-users-da... This should almost certainly be banned. I'm not sure on what legal grounds but I am sure this is bad.
- joenot443 3y agoThe very, very straightforward answer is that Facebook is accountable to the US govt in ways that TikTok is not. It's entirely reasonable for the US to legislate accordingly.
- Spivak 3y ago> Facebook is accountable to the US govt in ways that TikTok Why wouldn't it be? TikTok is now a US company with the data of US citizens stored in Austin TX. https://usds.tiktok.com/usds-about https://usds.tiktok.com/usds-about https://usds.tiktok.com/usds-myths-vs-facts https://usds.tiktok.com/usds-myths-vs-facts This is actually insane, the level of paranoia surrounding ByteDance has forced TikTok to jump through a billion hoops that no other foreign company has to and weirder still they did. Like my HIPAA is less protected than this. > Myth: Under its 2017 National Intelligence law, the Chinese government can compel ByteDance to share American TikTok user data. > Fact: TikTok Inc., which offers the TikTok app in the United States, is incorporated in California and Delaware, and is subject to U.S. laws and regulations governing privacy and data security. Under Project Texas, all protected U.S. data will be stored exclusively in the U.S. and under the control of the U.S.-led security team. This eliminates the concern that some have shared that TikTok US user data could be subject to Chinese law.
- intrasight 3y ago> TikTok is now a US company Not sure if I would agree. A friend works there and he's the only English speaking and Caucasian.
- osti 3y agoBy this logic, Amazon would be an Indian company, Google and Meta also have many teams composed of mainly Chinese so they would be Chinese companies as well.
- Mountain_Skies 3y ago@intrasight, my first job out of college in 2000 was for a small dot com owned entirely by a Jewish family in Texas. I was the only non Mandarin speaking software developer in the company. It's not all that uncommon in the tech industry regardless of ownership.