US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19

Post by flkenosad » Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 10:27 PM UTC

rcMgD2BwE72F wrote: post #474

flkenosad wrote: post #459

I really hate how people are arguing that it should be banned because of the content being inappropriate in one way or another when the content you see is based on how you interact with the app. We don't all see the same stuff. So yeah China may have more educational content but that's probably just becuase the people there are interested in that stuff. When I travel to the mountains, I get more outdoorsy/hiking vide…

>This sort of issue shouldn't even be state or municipal issue, it should be a household one. And I guess you believe that every consumer product and service should be treated strictly as household issue. For absolutely everything - even the most dangerous, toxic and antisocial ones, I can find one good use case credible enough to ask other to behave themselves. And I'm no David Hahn.

Post by tester756 » Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 10:28 PM UTC

lxgr wrote: post #627

tester756 wrote: post #387

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Censorship... zzzZZZzz They're banning app/news delivery app managed by enemy government It is not like they're blocking internet, wikipedia they're banning stupid, memes/brainrot app

If that were the reason for this legislation, Meta (Instagram Reels) and Google (Youtube Shorts) should be very concerned. It’s the same content.

Post by flkenosad » Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 10:41 PM UTC

bamboozled wrote: post #472

flkenosad wrote: post #459

I really hate how people are arguing that it should be banned because of the content being inappropriate in one way or another when the content you see is based on how you interact with the app. We don't all see the same stuff. So yeah China may have more educational content but that's probably just becuase the people there are interested in that stuff. When I travel to the mountains, I get more outdoorsy/hiking vide…

I guess you're someone familiar with programming and algorithms begin this is HN, so you must be able to understand that it would be trivial for TikTok to serve different kinds of content to people based on their geographical location and other attributes?

Post by user3939382 » Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 10:43 PM UTC

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user3939382 wrote: post #487

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Our official policy is to bankrupt our country by medaling in the affairs of everyone else, how could their “influence” possibly be any worse?

You don't see how subordinating a country to another's goals could be worse than policy you disagree with?

Post by flkenosad » Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 10:47 PM UTC

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #519

flkenosad wrote: post #459

I really hate how people are arguing that it should be banned because of the content being inappropriate in one way or another when the content you see is based on how you interact with the app. We don't all see the same stuff. So yeah China may have more educational content but that's probably just becuase the people there are interested in that stuff. When I travel to the mountains, I get more outdoorsy/hiking vide…

Yeah, is nothing to do with that, it's "reds under the beds"-level fear of China. It was fine when it was US companies...