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This has been a known entity since the Australian equivalent of the CIA released a report saying the exact same thing (and more) in 2022. The people who don’t want TikTok banned are either in the CCP’s pocket or are addicted to the platform.
I've seen some discussion that selling the platform is a way to get a more pro-isreal/anti-palestine owner that will censor certain content or viewpoints.
Absolutely. Compare the kind of censorship that happens on Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit, to the kind that doesn't happen on TikTok.
For example, I got permanently banned from Reddit (reversed after a few days' appeal, but it took me out of the game) for pointing out others in the thread conflating ISIS with the general Palestinian public. This was, apparently, hate speech. You see people reporting similar things on all these American platforms.
I have my concerns about TikTok but the pearl clutching is very selective.
Interesting, I hadn't heard about this Australian CIA report.
Do you have a link to what you're talking about?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/28/tiktok-data-collection-inquiry-australia-privacy-watchdog-marketing-pixels
Thanks!
Here’s some more reading on the subject:
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/why-tiktok-isnt-really-a-social-media-app/
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/13/bytedance-executive-china-government-data