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I am in favor of banning TikTok, but not strictly because they harvest data. I am far more concerned about them manipulating people on a large scale, I think Ti
by suby 2y ago
I am in favor of banning TikTok, but not strictly because they harvest data. I am far more concerned about them manipulating people on a large scale, I think TikTok is an effective tool for manipulating public opinion and I have no doubt that they're actively engaged and consciously engaging America in a form of psychological warfare. We are facing the very real threat of a military conflict with China, I do not want the Chinese government in this position of power.
I frankly don't understand why I keep seeing on social media people like yourselves push the idea that it's okay because other companies are also harvesting the data. It is obviously not about the data. It is about China being in a position to manipulate information flow.
- throwawayq3423 2y agoThe rationalizations and justifications are more a window into people's thought process than they are actual arguments. This person has decided that TikTok isn't that bad, and you are witnessing how they reverse engineer from that view point back to the argument. That's why arguing in this sense never works. Someone isn't trying to work something out, they've already decided and are trying to explain the decision to you. That's not the same thing as thinking through something.
- hellojesus 2y agoPeople know that it's a propaganda machine. Why deny their voluntary consumption of it?
- throwawayq3423 2y agoThey very much do not. TikTok maintains it doesn't push certain content over other based on direction from the CCP (unfalsifiable), and most people believe them. Or are unaware. There is such a thing as protecting people from threats they don't know about or understand.