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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's so easy to say "just ban TikTok" when you have never used it. Some peoples' livelihood depends on TikTok. And if we are going to ban companies that collect and misuse data, why is Facebook still allowed to exist? And China doesn't need toktok to collect info on Americans. There are plenty of Chinese spies in every big institution in the US. MIT, the CDC, the military, etc. Probably Facebook and google too.

Also, please don't be fooled by the government's attempts to ban TikTok. Look at the bill. It allows the government to ban way more than just toktok. With the wrong people in power that bill could have some scary consequences.

Because Facebook (and all social media) spies on us for our government, and TikTok spies on us for somebody else's government. If China was sharing data with five-eyes, they wouldn't be banned anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sure. Let's keep allowing tons of personal data to get in the hands of the CCP. What could go wrong?

How do you feel about the government allowing tons of personal data to get in the hands of companies who will sell it to anybody? What could go wrong? (Answer: lots of things already have gone wrong.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gonna need to ban Temu and Shein too.

https://www.businessofapps.com/news/chinese-apps-gain-popularity-in-the-us-despite-data-privacy-concerns/

Oh wait, it’s almost like Miyares wants to ban TikTok because it’s primarily used by young people and content creators on the platform tend to skew left…

It's a vast right-wing conspiracy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure. Let's keep allowing tons of personal data to get in the hands of the CCP. What could go wrong?

How do you feel about the government allowing tons of personal data to get in the hands of companies who will sell it to anybody? What could go wrong? (Answer: lots of things already have gone wrong.)

I think it managed to get Trump elected, so something good did happen. Or bad, depending on your view.

https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/facebook-cambridge-analytica-data-mining-and-trump-what-you-need-to-know/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gonna need to ban Temu and Shein too.

https://www.businessofapps.com/news/chinese-apps-gain-popularity-in-the-us-despite-data-privacy-concerns/

Oh wait, it’s almost like Miyares wants to ban TikTok because it’s primarily used by young people and content creators on the platform tend to skew left…

It's a vast right-wing conspiracy?

Banning it for government devices seems to be nonpartisan.

Banning it for the masses is ironically something China would do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gonna need to ban Temu and Shein too.

https://www.businessofapps.com/news/chinese-apps-gain-popularity-in-the-us-despite-data-privacy-concerns/

Oh wait, it’s almost like Miyares wants to ban TikTok because it’s primarily used by young people and content creators on the platform tend to skew left…

It's a vast right-wing conspiracy?

Banning it for government devices seems to be nonpartisan.

Banning it for the masses is ironically something China would do.

The government bans all sorts of things to the masses. I guess we live in China.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gonna need to ban Temu and Shein too.

https://www.businessofapps.com/news/chinese-apps-gain-popularity-in-the-us-despite-data-privacy-concerns/

Oh wait, it’s almost like Miyares wants to ban TikTok because it’s primarily used by young people and content creators on the platform tend to skew left…

It's a vast right-wing conspiracy?

Banning it for government devices seems to be nonpartisan.

Banning it for the masses is ironically something China would do.

The government bans all sorts of things to the masses. I guess we live in China.

What speech platforms are banned for the masses in America?

And, despite the best efforts of anti-American Republicans like Miyares, we’re not China yet. But we could be if we’re not careful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gonna need to ban Temu and Shein too.

https://www.businessofapps.com/news/chinese-apps-gain-popularity-in-the-us-despite-data-privacy-concerns/

Oh wait, it’s almost like Miyares wants to ban TikTok because it’s primarily used by young people and content creators on the platform tend to skew left…

It's a vast right-wing conspiracy?

Banning it for government devices seems to be nonpartisan.

Banning it for the masses is ironically something China would do.

The government bans all sorts of things to the masses. I guess we live in China.

What speech platforms are banned for the masses in America?

And, despite the best efforts of anti-American Republicans like Miyares, we’re not China yet. But we could be if we’re not careful.

Tiktok, being a private company, is not 1A protected. The government shutdown backpage. Where were you then? People needed that website to make a living.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure. Let's keep allowing tons of personal data to get in the hands of the CCP. What could go wrong?

China owns like 70% of the most popular apps you know.

What do I care if China has my personal data? I mean, it’s all noise and no signal.

Are you so impressed with yourself that you think your data output has value?

It's all old white boomers who freak out about their "data"

Their data is already everywhere and I am pretty sure China doesn't care too much about Bob & Susan Smith from Herndon, VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure. Let's keep allowing tons of personal data to get in the hands of the CCP. What could go wrong?

China owns like 70% of the most popular apps you know.

What do I care if China has my personal data? I mean, it’s all noise and no signal.

Are you so impressed with yourself that you think your data output has value?

It's all old white boomers who freak out about their "data"

Their data is already everywhere and I am pretty sure China doesn't care too much about Bob & Susan Smith from Herndon, VA

Here is the thing you don't get.
With the data China collects, it can target you with content. That may not matter to YOU, but what about your kids?

A new NGO report released Thursday claims TikTok's algorithm targets "vulnerable teens" and recommends "harmful" content to them, sometimes as rapidly as every 27 to 39 seconds.

The report, from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, defines harmful content as content about topics like eating disorders, weight-shaming, self-harm, and sexual assault.

According to the researchers' findings, once the social media app's algorithm kicked in, content about suicide surfaced on the "standard" accounts' feed as early as 2.6 minutes in, and content about eating disorders popped up within 8 minutes. "Vulnerable" accounts, meanwhile, were recommended three times as many harmful videos and 12 times as many self-harm videos as the "standard" accounts.

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/tiktok-pushes-harmful-content-teens-39-seconds-new-95357982

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure. Let's keep allowing tons of personal data to get in the hands of the CCP. What could go wrong?

China owns like 70% of the most popular apps you know.

What do I care if China has my personal data? I mean, it’s all noise and no signal.

Are you so impressed with yourself that you think your data output has value?

It's all old white boomers who freak out about their "data"

Their data is already everywhere and I am pretty sure China doesn't care too much about Bob & Susan Smith from Herndon, VA

Here is the thing you don't get.
With the data China collects, it can target you with content. That may not matter to YOU, but what about your kids?

A new NGO report released Thursday claims TikTok's algorithm targets "vulnerable teens" and recommends "harmful" content to them, sometimes as rapidly as every 27 to 39 seconds.

The report, from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, defines harmful content as content about topics like eating disorders, weight-shaming, self-harm, and sexual assault.

According to the researchers' findings, once the social media app's algorithm kicked in, content about suicide surfaced on the "standard" accounts' feed as early as 2.6 minutes in, and content about eating disorders popped up within 8 minutes. "Vulnerable" accounts, meanwhile, were recommended three times as many harmful videos and 12 times as many self-harm videos as the "standard" accounts.

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/tiktok-pushes-harmful-content-teens-39-seconds-new-95357982

Essentially, the app works as intended. If you interact with content with a certain subject or theme, the app gives you more of it. THAT'S WHAT USERS WANT. If i like gardening, I want to see more gardening. If I like books, I want to see more books. Get it? These parents that are up on arms have to talk to their kids about the content they are seeking out and interacting with. It's not the app's fault that Jimmy is looking up the content. Obviously, users flag content that's harmful, but in the meantime, you need to talk to Jimmy, not ban the whole app. Duh.

Meta has a weaker algorithm, so you get served content that is sometimes in line if your interests and sometimes not.

[Anonymous]

ALL apps collect info about your preferences and attempt to give you want you want.

This isn't a government conspiracy, it's good business.

And Tiktok changed it's data practices after the senate hearing. Calm down. Google, Amazon, and Apple have more on you than tiktok over will and they absolutely allow all kinds of entities, political and otherwise, to use that data to target you. Just look at the ads on the side of your screen when you're on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure. Let's keep allowing tons of personal data to get in the hands of the CCP. What could go wrong?

China owns like 70% of the most popular apps you know.

What do I care if China has my personal data? I mean, it’s all noise and no signal.

Are you so impressed with yourself that you think your data output has value?

It's all old white boomers who freak out about their "data"

Their data is already everywhere and I am pretty sure China doesn't care too much about Bob & Susan Smith from Herndon, VA

Here is the thing you don't get.
With the data China collects, it can target you with content. That may not matter to YOU, but what about your kids?

A new NGO report released Thursday claims TikTok's algorithm targets "vulnerable teens" and recommends "harmful" content to them, sometimes as rapidly as every 27 to 39 seconds.

The report, from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, defines harmful content as content about topics like eating disorders, weight-shaming, self-harm, and sexual assault.

According to the researchers' findings, once the social media app's algorithm kicked in, content about suicide surfaced on the "standard" accounts' feed as early as 2.6 minutes in, and content about eating disorders popped up within 8 minutes. "Vulnerable" accounts, meanwhile, were recommended three times as many harmful videos and 12 times as many self-harm videos as the "standard" accounts.

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/tiktok-pushes-harmful-content-teens-39-seconds-new-95357982

Then don't let your kids download it until they are mature enough.

The internet is a far darker place than Tik Tok...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They already blocked sites like Porn Hub, when will we tell them enough is enough? Why are they against the 1st amendment? If they don't like the site they don't have to use it...

TikTok is a national security risk.https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3354874/leaders-say-tiktok-is-potential-cybersecurity-risk-to-us/

Beyond that, it turns our teens into vapid automatons. I say ban it!

[Anonymous]

Also, China has very different rules for TikTok for their own kids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j0xzuh-6rY

They want our kids to become mindless, trivial and non-productive.