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U.S. Senator Calls on Apple and Google to Ban TikTok From App Stores
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you don't want it? why do you have it then, i don't want the 1000 different flash light apps on the app store but u dont see me ranting about it 😂
I figured out a while back that the phone is the issue. TikTok on phone? Addictive. TikTok on desktop? Meh. Same with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. I've sat up for hours at night scrolling social media on my phone...desktop version I barely check once a day...it turns from crack to broccoli on desktop.
Take social media from phones but allow them on desktop and so many problems would get better over night imo...and you still have full access to it. It's like a luxury car vs a Pinto, you still get the utility available just without all the fun addictive parts that make you wanna sit in it all day
Take social media from phones but allow them on desktop and so many problems would get better over night imo...and you still have full access to it. It's like a luxury car vs a Pinto, you still get the utility available just without all the fun addictive parts that make you wanna sit in it all day
I'll be curious to see if these young influencers come out with these same statements now:
www.nytimes.com
TikTok Ban? Creators and Fans Are Big Mad (Published 2020)
The uncertainty over the future of the wildly popular video app has brought chaos to its user community — and to the entertainment and advertising industries as well.
Link? For research purposes…
😂 With a rubber stamp warrant process that allows for 3 degrees of separation…which very quickly is just plain old mass surveillance.
There’s a lot of issues with China, but their leaders are held to account far and away more than American ones. That’s all I’ll say as this site doesn’t allow for political discussion anymore…
I'm sorry but that argument doesn't make any sense. People watching Tik Tok are seeing content created in the US for the most part by US users. Are these US users spies who put information into their content to brainwash people?
Are movies made in China also going to be blocked from being seen?
Again, I don't care if its banned but the whole implanting of ideas seems a little far fetched to me. FaceBook and Google constantly lie about the data they collect and literally listen to you on their home enabled devices. But that is ok because they are American companies?
That’s utterly ridiculous. Google collects infinitely more data unscrupulously than Tiktok. While it has no business on government devices as THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR WORK, TikTok is fun and a pretty cool platform for everyone, especially people like the disabled that don’t otherwise have a voice. I don’t think the Chinese government gets much out of me watching The Corn 🌽 Song or Dog videos. Senator it’s none of your goddamn business. Buzz off, fascist.
Wow, sounds pretty fascist to me. It’s none of your goddamn business what I do with my time
Absolutely not. I'm just pointing out that we here in the US are so quick to judge others, and point out how bad others are without looking in the mirror. MY issue is the hypocrisy for complaining about Tiktok because of the data being collected and yet not banning facebook, google, twitter
I wouldn't inflict the rancid hag upon anyone for it would be detrimental to society
Maybe the difference is because it's a foreign adversary associated with TikTok. Imagine a US nuclear scientist with teenagers in the house using TikTok. The data that can be collected via mic and location would be valuable to our enemies.
That sounds serious.
So maybe he should use stronger language than "I ask that you remove TikTok from your respective app stores immediately."
Sounds like more of a request than a demand.
Seems like Facebook/Twitter have lobbyists in their back pocket, trying to ban a platform that’s eating their breakfast, lunch & dinner.
I welcome any education on international business. How independent is an American subsidiary from their homeland parent company? Does the Chinese parent company Bytedance have basically no influence/access to US Tik Tok? Are they completely separate entities, just like Bytedance and FB? Also I wonder how much is done off the books and how much of that is traceable and enforceable by the US government. I don’t know how basic this information is.
In any case, there was reports of Bytedance having control over Tik Tok, I guess more than is appropriate/allowed.
TikTok insiders say social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance
Former TikTok employees say there is cause for concern when it comes to the popular social media app's Chinese parent company.
What I’m failing to see is the difference between TikTok as a social media app vs any other American-spook filled platform. This entire industry is a parasite in how they operate and they’re all linked to security agencies anyway so I guess the problem here is just another “China bad” argument?I welcome any education on international business. How independent is an American subsidiary from their homeland parent company? Does the Chinese parent company Bytedance have basically no influence/access to US Tik Tok? Are they completely separate entities, just like Bytedance and FB? Also I wonder how much is done off the books and how much of that is traceable and enforceable by the US government. I don’t know how basic this information is.
In any case, there was reports of Bytedance having control over Tik Tok, I guess more than is appropriate/allowed.
TikTok insiders say social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance
Former TikTok employees say there is cause for concern when it comes to the popular social media app's Chinese parent company.www.cnbc.com
There are two possible general ways I’m aware of in which people can use a social media platform to purposely influence its users. One was what Russians did when they influenced the presidential election—creating networks of fake FB accounts to manufacture news and sentiments. The other is the company designing the algorithm to give more visibility and reward to certain types of content (and vice versa, censorship to undesirable content). This could be for the purpose of getting US citizens to think a certain way or value certain things that China would find strategically advantageous in either the near or long term. These are odd new ideas to think about because this has only become possible in recent years of history. I’m not saying it is definitely happening, but if these strategies are at all possible, it should be taken very very seriously and not hand-waved away like some people seem to be trying to do. There is too much at stake. If it is possible, some nation will try to exploit it, and there’s a decent chance that a nation as resourceful and motivated as China is already at it. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the US is at it as well.
This article actually alleges some exploits by Tik Tok’s parent company, as well as suggests possible future exploits that I never thought of:
TikTok insiders say social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance
Former TikTok employees say there is cause for concern when it comes to the popular social media app's Chinese parent company.
The Chinese movie market is not big in the US. Also movies are a much more difficult tool for a government to utilize. Tik Tok is extremely influential and social media can be a much more sophisticated and powerful tool, especially for this day and age.
Again, I’m sure American companies use many of the same tactics, and that’s very bad, but the difference is they are just in it for money. They have no intention to put the US under the foot of another nation, nor are they under the compulsion of an authoritarian government that would love that. So the potential threat levels are very different.
then how does other who does, effect you to the point that you want it banned?