Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok

I wouldn't be surprised they paid for PR to put the heat on Cambridge Analytica. CA got burned bad for not breaking any US laws. FB got off mostly scot-free. If you make the competition look bad you will look less bad.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok

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Post by briandear » Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 11:11 PM UTC

I have no opinion on TikTok (I am an adult with better things to do,) however, fair question: does TikTok pose a threat? There was a report that TikTok users sabotaged a Trump rally. It would seem that that could be considered “election campaign interference sponsored/enabled by a foreign government.” We’ve gotten mad at Facebook for similar things haven’t we? Or, if it’s against Trump, that’s acceptable? Not sure what the rules are anymore or what we are supposed to be outraged about.

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Post by chmaynard » Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 11:14 PM UTC

Mark Zuckerberg knows that if another platform were sufficiently compelling, his users could turn on a dime (notice I didn't say customers). Zuckerberg is deathly afraid of competition and he is very aggressive about protecting Facebook's stranglehold on the social media advertising market.

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Post by badwolf » Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 11:14 PM UTC

I'm guessing Zuckerberg wasn't able to buy out TikTok, so went with plan b.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok

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Post by indigodaddy » Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 11:17 PM UTC

http://archive.md/KMpHm

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Post by cyberlurker » Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 11:17 PM UTC

kenned3 wrote: post #3

Isnt Zukerberg also married to a Chinese and speaks Mandarin?

He’s married to a native born American Chinese person FYI.

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Post by staticassertion » Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 11:19 PM UTC

briandear wrote: post #5

I have no opinion on TikTok (I am an adult with better things to do,) however, fair question: does TikTok pose a threat? There was a report that TikTok users sabotaged a Trump rally. It would seem that that could be considered “election campaign interference sponsored/enabled by a foreign government.” We’ve gotten mad at Facebook for similar things haven’t we? Or, if it’s against Trump, that’s acceptable? Not sure wh…

A group of teens purportedly using TikTok to troll the president's rally is not election campaign interference.