ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoUS lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from usersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square318fedilinkarrow-up1623arrow-down116
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minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·8 months agoI’m much less concerned with what they’re giving than what they’re taking with the app. It’s been shown to collect message history and photo library data, that alone is a threat to us all.
minus-squareherpaderp@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoI agree! Both are issues, but I was giving a different context where a TikTok user may not care about it being under the thumb of the CCP.
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minus-squareirreticent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months ago They don’t even own enough of the app to censor it and so it’s banned in China lmao Why do you keep repeating that all over this post? It’s not even true (unproven): https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-tiktok-banned-in-china/
I’m much less concerned with what they’re giving than what they’re taking with the app. It’s been shown to collect message history and photo library data, that alone is a threat to us all.
I agree! Both are issues, but I was giving a different context where a TikTok user may not care about it being under the thumb of the CCP.
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Why do you keep repeating that all over this post? It’s not even true (unproven):
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-tiktok-banned-in-china/