ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoUS claims TikTok collected user views on issues like abortion, gun control.www.voanews.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkUS claims TikTok collected user views on issues like abortion, gun control.www.voanews.comModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoOn the other hand, it would be quite surprising if tiktok wasn’t collecting everything it could about its users.
minus-squareHauntedCupcake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoLike literally every American company does. I’m not a tankie and I’m definitely not a fan of China, but this is one of those situations where the US government doesn’t actually care about the issue, just that they’re not the one doing it
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThe government’s billionaire owners got worried TikTok would propagandize Americans in a wrong direction.
On the other hand, it would be quite surprising if tiktok wasn’t collecting everything it could about its users.
Like literally every American company does. I’m not a tankie and I’m definitely not a fan of China, but this is one of those situations where the US government doesn’t actually care about the issue, just that they’re not the one doing it
The government’s billionaire owners got worried TikTok would propagandize Americans in a wrong direction.