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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure.  Let's keep allowing tons of personal data to get in the hands of the CCP.  What could go wrong?[/quote]

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?[/quote]

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[/quote]

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?

[quote]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.[/quote]

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

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.

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