As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
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As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
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Re: As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
#2excellent article, surprisingly nuanced and - I think - fair in its analysis.
The main fear is not that it is a foreign owned app - after all, most people in the countries all over the world are using foreign owned (US) apps - it is because it is the first non-US app used by US citizens which unnerves both the US government and US commentariat.
Whether those fears are justified or not, I suspect US will follow the China's vision of the internet, prioritise national security concerns over freedom of choice, and ultimately ban TikTok
Re: As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
#3excellent article, surprisingly nuanced and - I think - fair in its analysis. The main fear is not that it is a foreign owned app - after all, most people in the countries all over the world are using foreign owned (US) apps - it is because it is the first non-US app used by US citizens which unnerves both the US government and US commentariat. Whether those fears are justified or not, I suspect US will follow the Ch…
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Re: As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
#4Eventually something China made had to stick, surprising it took this long really.
Re: As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
#5they mention data harvesting and influencing public relations as risks, and both are worrisome . another more subtle but pernicious concern is the trivialization of entertainment (which started from a low bar )
tiktok is addictive and much of the content is low bar , slapstick and sexually suggestive thirst traps .
there may be a good share of high quality content , but we all know time spent is on garbage.
our grandparents said “tv will rot your brain” and we laughed at them, but maybe because we just didn’t notice
tiktok will finish the job
Re: As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
#6I”m open to good-faith criticism of TikTok, but “our authoritarians don’t like an app controlled by their authoritarians” isn’t particularly compelling.
Re: As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
#7I”m open to good-faith criticism of TikTok, but “our authoritarians don’t like an app controlled by their authoritarians” isn’t particularly compelling.
"the US and PRC are equally authoritarian" isn't particularly compelling either
Re: As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
#8they mention data harvesting and influencing public relations as risks, and both are worrisome . another more subtle but pernicious concern is the trivialization of entertainment (which started from a low bar ) tiktok is addictive and much of the content is low bar , slapstick and sexually suggestive thirst traps . there may be a good share of high quality content , but we all know time spent is on garbage. our grand…
fr it's scary how i watch ppl on it, they're like zombies. and yeah like half that shit is just girls "dancing" (shaking jiggly parts) in short clothes, like i mean that's fine but watching it all the time isn't healthy. look at how much is under #fakebody which is basically all people in short clothing trying not to get banned. and yeah probably you can make it show interesting stuff but it plays to people's weaker natures.
besides that literally the only reason we need to oppose tiktok is that it's chinese. i'm fine with them manufacturing commodity goods but they should not be providing any cutting-edge tech to us. personally i would like to see the government try to subpoena the tiktok algo from oracle and make it public so anybody can knock it off. that would be some poetic justice against china.
Re: As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
#9I”m open to good-faith criticism of TikTok, but “our authoritarians don’t like an app controlled by their authoritarians” isn’t particularly compelling.
"the US and PRC are equally authoritarian" isn't particularly compelling either
Sure, since in the last 20 years US invaded Iraq, Afganistan and Lybia while PRC invaded 0 countries.
Re: As TikTok grows, so does suspicion
#10they mention data harvesting and influencing public relations as risks, and both are worrisome . another more subtle but pernicious concern is the trivialization of entertainment (which started from a low bar ) tiktok is addictive and much of the content is low bar , slapstick and sexually suggestive thirst traps . there may be a good share of high quality content , but we all know time spent is on garbage. our grand…
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