Banning social media is not good and it’s something China would do. What we need is better education. If people want to give up all their data then let them do it, but they need to be informed about it.

  • zeppo@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    8 months ago

    An interesting thing to me is that in China, rather than TikTok, ByteDance has an app called Douyin with built-in time limits and a focus on educational videos. Here, and I guess it’s kind of our problem, TikTok is known for… you know, the kind of total crap you get on TikTok. Kids dancing, stupid pranks, and “here’s how to steal a Kia” etc.

    • viking@infosec.pub
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      8 months ago

      I live in China, and Douyin is a far cry from educational. It’s not as shit as tiktok thanks to the rampant censorship, but it’s inherently the same crap. If you want education, you need to actively search for it, and I’m sure tiktok has some good stuff as well.