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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by Tangurena2 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @06:45PM (#35076357)
My state's legislators are upset about the content of what appears on TikTok. While they complain about "security" in public, when they are in the chambers talking with other legislators, their dialog changes to them being offended at "youth today" posting content that makes them look bad.

Our state's legislation bans all traffic to TikTok on state networks - such as watching the videos via browser. This seems to be a non-issue until you realize that libraries, public schools and state universities are affected by this legislation.

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23rs/sb20.html

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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by kwere on Thursday March 09, 2023 @08:48AM (#35081093)
they are more offended at the algorithm of tik tok. And one need just to confront the chinese and Global algo of Douyin to undersand why. It is a digital addiction machine, with "probably" some top-down interference. Hoping it become a step to regulate the whole social media industry as more sideffects to their damaging practices are surfacing[0]

[0]https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/social-media-linked-t...

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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by Jochim on Thursday March 09, 2023 @09:58AM (#35081823)
Wait until you hear what the advertising industry gets up to...
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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by hulitu on Thursday March 09, 2023 @11:00AM (#35082656)
> they are more offended at the algorithm of tik tok.

They may be offended but they (Google for ex.) started to copy the UI

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