cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12876226

The measure that sailed unanimously through the House Energy and Commerce Committee would prohibit TikTok from US app stores unless the social media platform — used by roughly 170 million Americans — is quickly spun off from its China-linked parent company, ByteDance.

US officials have cited the widespread commercial availability of US citizens’ data as another source of national security risk. The US government and other domestic law enforcement agencies are also known to have purchased US citizens’ data from commercial data brokers.

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    11 months ago

    Then do so. This idea that tiktok is any worse because it’s Chinese is ridiculous.

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      11 months ago

      The fact that you’re here defending china is not at all lost on me. I’m not allowing you to waste my time again.

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        11 months ago

        I’m really not. I want Congress to pass actual laws, not operate as an adjunct to American Corporations.

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              11 months ago

              That’s why I said it. You don’t get the change you want even in small doses- by standing on street corners yelling at people to not vote.

              That’s not how it works.

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                  11 months ago

                  It didn’t change. And it’s hilarious that you’re taking credit for something he was going to do anyway.

                  Man you people really need to learn how nuanced diplomacy is.

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        10 months ago

        So what’s the difference between the CCP getting it for free from Tiktok and paying for it from an “American” corporation?

        None of what you said matters in this. Not when Zuckerberg is specifically courting China to spend advertising dollars and buy data.

        Is the money changing hands making the end effect any different?

        TikTok is both a sacrifice to make it look like something is being done and a called hit on a competitor.

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            10 months ago

            That word does not mean what you think it means. In fact throwing China’s human rights record out there like it matters in preventing American consumer data from flowing to China is far closer to whataboutism.

            The only thing that matters in stopping American Consumer Data from being collected by the CCP is stopping American Consumer Data from being collected by the CCP.

            If that’s your stated goal then you need to hold all the data vendors accountable, not just the scary Chinese one. Because there’s nothing stopping them from selling it to China right now. There’s a whole chain of articles about Facebook and Meta doing this for over a decade. And you’re worried only about Tiktok.

            Gee I wonder why that might be?

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                10 months ago

                Obviously it doesn’t. But this doesn’t accomplish that goal. It’s like saying I hate bananas, let’s ban PBJs.

                If you want to ban foreign countries collecting data then make that the law and ban TikTok when they break it. And then ban Facebook when they break it. That’s how good legislation is done. This kind of targeted bullshit is just a gift to Musk, Zuckerberg, and whoever runs Google and Apple these days. They’re going to funnel data to the CCP just as fast as they can make a profit from it.

                The entire algorithm thing is also bullshit. Facebook has been courting the CCP for advertising for over a decade. To think they won’t use targeted ads for an info op is just fucking naive.