ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUS lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from usersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square325fedilinkarrow-up1619 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1619external-linkUS lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from usersarstechnica.comZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square325fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareherpaderplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year 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.
minus-squareMisconduct@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhy would I care? Is it somehow better for google or facebook to profit off of my data? China doesn’t even solely own the app. They don’t even own enough of the app to censor it and so it’s banned in China lmao
minus-squareirreticent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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 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.
Why would I care? Is it somehow better for google or facebook to profit off of my data? China doesn’t even solely own the app. 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/