Re:TikTok shares your data more than any other app and it’s ...
by ecshafer on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:35PM
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That is a massive rabbit hole. "anti-democratic messages" and "anti-us sentiment" is going to inevitably be used to further undemocratic process and imperialism. An article "The US blew up a hospital" gets flagged as anti-us sentiment, and buried. A journalist covering political contributions gets buried by "anti-democratic messages". This is basically inevitable.
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Re:TikTok shares your data more than any other app and it’s ...
by echelon on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:50PM
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I totally get you and absolutely agree, but we're entering into in a vastly new world and your concern isn't the only one anymore.
If a foreign nation's service uses algorithms to promote its interests and quell that of its adversaries or attempts to alter election outcomes to be favorable, then we're in for trouble.
Imagine social media creating worker strikes, riots, getting certain politicians elected, influencing the next generation of kids to prefer limits on free speech, influencing kids to not pursue science and engineering, etc.
This is a complicated issue.
The algorithm can be used for warfare.