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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by cameronh90 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @10:49AM (#42758054)
What are China going to do to with my data that US companies haven't already done?
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by brandonmenc on Sunday January 19, 2025 @12:26PM (#42759140)
Help China's military.
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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by sanderjd on Sunday January 19, 2025 @01:13PM (#42759716)
It has nothing to do with your data. That whole thing is a red herring.

The risk with TikTok is that it presents media entirely algorithmically, and that algorithm is controllable by the Chinese government and is opaque to everyone else.

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