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Re:TikTok: All under-16s' accounts made private by subjectsigma on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @08:37AM (#25761797)
I don't know why you are being downvoted, we already know that the country of origin is manipulating content to deliver a certain messaging:

https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-censorship-users-deem...

We already know it's a massive privacy risk, deemed 'far more abusive' than American social platforms, which are already bad enough:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-user-data-what-does-the-...

A piece of software being from China makes it an instant no for me.

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Re:TikTok: All under-16s' accounts made private by alisonkisk on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @08:40AM (#25761820)
Because the equivalent app is also used in China, where its wholly illogical that the government would allow an app dedicated to "corrupting the youth".
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Re:TikTok: All under-16s' accounts made private by dinero_rojo on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @08:50AM (#25761907)
In fairness, TikTok and Douyin (mainland China’s version of the app) have no access to each other’s content. It’s totally possible that the CCP allows/mandates different managing styles for the different markets.
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Re:TikTok: All under-16s' accounts made private by subjectsigma on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @08:49AM (#25761904)
TikTok and Douyin are made by the same company, but it appears they don't share content across networks. You're comparing apples and oranges.
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