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DietZer0 t1_j2xu3k7 wrote

Facebook’s future should be equally cloudy.

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ClassOptimal7655 t1_j2xzaw1 wrote

If only, apparently facebook gets to do terrible things and get away with it because it's American.

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But Tiktok committed the crime of not being an American company, so the USA will move to crush Facebook's competition.

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ecstatic_cynic t1_j2ycoqf wrote

Tiktok is the tool of a hostile foreign power. Facebook is company that was negligent with security and the evil being committed on their platform because of greed.

The two are not the same.

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ClassOptimal7655 t1_j2ye3n4 wrote

Facebook is a hostile foreign company, not everyone on Reddit is american with rose coloured glasses on. They peddle election misinformation, they accept election ads (something tiktok does not do).

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ThePoltageist t1_j2yjagl wrote

you know what great evil tik tok committed that suddenly has them on the radar? Handed republicans the biggest midterm L in history because the zoomers used it to get out the vote. Thats the real reason, the government does not give two shits about us and its already been banned from government devices.

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Aaronspark777 t1_j2zloge wrote

TikTok's great evils include being Chinese spy ware, encouraging people to film in vertical, and being overall pretty cringe.

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GetOutOfTheWhey t1_j2zsaps wrote

List of TikTok's crimes:

  1. Being Chinese
  2. Not being American
  3. Forcing users to accept ludicrous permissions that violate their privacy
  4. Promoting Vertical content when Horizontal content is objectively superior
  5. Recycling cringe meme formats within their user base
  6. Also polluting the interweb with video content that have annoying music stuck onto them with robotic voice narration.
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[deleted] t1_j2yheik wrote

Another Trojan horse. Why do people not realize it’s entire purpose is to catalog people and use biometrics, not to mention all the spying they do. People are ridiculous. Whether it’s Facebook or Tik Tok, these are dangerous apps.

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theblackfool t1_j2zdoil wrote

Everyone realizes it.

I think a considerable portion of the population has been hearing "they are spying on you/selling your information" for so long they just don't care. Or don't think there's anything they can do about so there's no point in fighting it. Either way.

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Numerous-Two-7550 t1_j31wb7m wrote

Some of the smartest technologists I know have this attitude. It’s just hopeless.

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justhereforthekittys t1_j341qtu wrote

Tiktok goes way beyond spying. They are steering culture, generating political and familial divide and confusing the vary fabric of truth and science. All while using the same tool to push science and educational videos to their youngest members. Spying is the very least of the issue IMHO.

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wickedalmond t1_j2yxy7f wrote

I think most people that agree with the OP will also agree with you there. There's a large group of people pulling out of social media now that the longer-term negatives are coming to light. A great cleansing.

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