Did they ever show the proof of spying to the American public?
I'm the one who is spying to thr American public And I have just observed that you have been downvoted
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TikTok goes dark in the US
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#252Always nice to see the American population kept safe from propaganda, affordable rents, a working healthcare system and fresh food for 90 cents.
You missed what this is actually about. This is about protecting the US from a foreign adversary. It's geo politics. China does the same with banning Facebook.
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#253It's a shame that it's come to this. I feel that all arguments that TikTok is unhealthy or spyware and bad for our general public are valid, but the same arguments also apply to Instagram/Twitter/Whatever. Rather than have some sort of further regulation for what data any application can collect and present to Americans, we've just brought the hammer down on the millions of people that use this application for their…
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If shedding lightning the genocide of the Palestinian people is "antisemitism", then yes.
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/09/tiktok-ban-israel-palest...
For the down voters, what exactly is the claim here? That everyone on earth is inherently antisemitic, like it's in our DNA? What exactly do the Chinese have against Jews?
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#254I'm really curious and somewhat worried about what the economic effect of this is going to be. There are a number of legitimate small businesses that saw a lot of, if not all of, their business and customer base through TikTok. Business that just will not be able to make the move to somewhere else. I personally know musicians, actors, and artists that got a lot of work through TikTok. People who actually create thing…
Did nothing to India with its 1B+ users when it was banned there 4 years ago. They just either used a VPN or just moved on. While I disagree with the ban, I'd rather have a sensible fine just like the ones for Meta, Google (YouTube) and others. At one point it also might have temporarily saved someone's chronic addiction to the platform, then they'll just find another platform to get hooked on. But for now nature is…
American are the chicken with golden egg, you don't want to lose them. They have the biggest ad profile value.
Indian on contrary are cheap, their profile are worth close to nothing.
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#255This just means that China will use bots on american social media for influence. Honsestly, considering Trump got elected, that is enough.
Dont think this will affect foreign influence by china much.
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#256I think a lot of people on here never spent much time on TikTok and it shows. It wasn't just for young people and it wasn't all brain rot. There were vibrant communities, subcultures. Real issues were aired there. Real people connected. From the early days of Covid it provided a window into a broader world.
Can you give some examples? I a skeptical that the format, designed for maximum retention and engagement, can be a positive.
I mean, John Saves Energy is one that comes to mind. He shared tons of info about his solar power rig, interesting data, vibrant conversations.
Music accounts like Rare The Nanas who put me to sleep many nights with amazing VHS finds of obscure 90s music performances.
Tons of music theorists, weird quirky bands and musicians who built huge followings there, film makers, game devs, and on and on and on.
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#257Unreal. Land of Freedom bans Social Media app that runs on US servers, on its own terms, with censorship teams staffed by dozens of ex-US State officials[1].
Amazing that Congress will see bipartisan action on this issue before any of the other much more important issues.
It absolutely destroys criticisms of China banning Facebook, etc.
1. https://www.mintpressnews.com/tiktok-chinese-trojan-horse-ru...
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#258Another bite the dust.
Who's next ?
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#259It's a shame that it's come to this. I feel that all arguments that TikTok is unhealthy or spyware and bad for our general public are valid, but the same arguments also apply to Instagram/Twitter/Whatever. Rather than have some sort of further regulation for what data any application can collect and present to Americans, we've just brought the hammer down on the millions of people that use this application for their…
None of those arguments are the salient one, which is that a geopolitical adversary has control over a major influence vector on US public opinion. They could simply have divested.
Why should they? This is not the early 1900s anymore.
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#260The app was shutdown a couple of hours ago in the US and this was the message all TikTok users saw when they opened the app.[1] The same guy who pushed for a ban massively last year, is going to save the app despite the security concerns he and most of our government said they had. If only we knew what happened in that classified briefing that made them vote together across party lines. [1] https://a57.foxnews.com/st…
I have a feeling the ban is likely the result of "special interest" groups as opposed to a "classified briefing"