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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by whywhywhywhy on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @07:07AM (#32149925)
I don't think its about data at all, I think it's that they're scared China has control of a system they can feed whatever narrative they want on an individual level and whole parts of society in the west are hopelessly addicted to it.

From the data listed, it's a lot but personally with the current state of mobile os computing none of this seems all that out of the ordinary, it's just what is the sad state of those platforms. This is why I think the data is being used as an excuse.

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Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r... by SubiculumCode on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:15AM (#32152700)
THe app does seem to push agendas sometimes, although its just probably the algo. You spend a little extra time on one type of content, and boom that's now a big portion of what you'll see...but I could totally see that the feed could be used to bend minds towards or away from certain ideas through a subtle type of propaganda.
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