Re:FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be r...
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @08:18AM
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Data collection is passive. TikTok, for all intents and purposes, is run by the Chinese communist government. Facebook has already shown that they can alter moods:
It's a numbers game. They have ~80,000,000 Americans tuned in. They can turn knobs when they need to alter US public opinion. A subtle shift of 80,000,000 people is big.
Many people also get their news from TikTok:
> TikTok, on the other hand, has seen a slight uptick in the portion of users who say they regularly get news on the site, rising from 22% to 29% in this period.
https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/06/28/326453204/fa...
It's a numbers game. They have ~80,000,000 Americans tuned in. They can turn knobs when they need to alter US public opinion. A subtle shift of 80,000,000 people is big.
Many people also get their news from TikTok:
> TikTok, on the other hand, has seen a slight uptick in the portion of users who say they regularly get news on the site, rising from 22% to 29% in this period.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2021/09/20/news-consu...