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US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't see why users would even have a problem with this. Same services, more competitive market, and with less ties to an evil dictatorship should be celebrated, right?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It depends. I’ve heard second hand accounts that TikTok can push pro-Chinese propaganda, and whenever I pointed out that China isn’t some lefty paradise to some people in my life they were either shocked or fell into the “you’re falling in line with the Western Propaganda, I see 😏”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm much less concerned with what they're giving than what they're taking with the app. It's been shown to collect message history and photo library data, that alone is a threat to us all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I agree! Both are issues, but I was giving a different context where a TikTok user may not care about it being under the thumb of the CCP.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why would I care? Is it somehow better for google or facebook to profit off of my data? China doesn't even solely own the app. They don't even own enough of the app to censor it and so it's banned in China lmao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

They don't even own enough of the app to censor it and so it's banned in China lmao

Why do you keep repeating that all over this post? It's not even true (unproven):

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-tiktok-banned-in-china/