ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoUS lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from usersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square337fedilinkarrow-up1622arrow-down116
arrow-up1606arrow-down1external-linkUS lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from usersarstechnica.comZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square337fedilink
minus-squareherpaderp@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months 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-up2arrow-down2·9 months 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-up2·9 months 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/