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Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:36PM (#33973608)
Ok what’s your point?
Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:35PM (#33973588)
we’re talking about the government not the Chinese people here but nice bad faith response
Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:33PM (#33973558)
the 60 minutes piece was focused on how they moderate content for kids not everyone eg adult coworkers.

compare to the US where there’s no separate experience for kids and there’s no time limit.

Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:08PM (#33973082)
You're saying China doesn't have a time limit on daily use for children? Or the content that is available to kids vs adults isn't different?

There might be some half truths to the 60 minute story but AFAIK the time limit is real and the content available to children is different which is what the piece is referring to. It might be more similar for adults.

Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:50PM (#33972713)
Ok...so the solution is to allow China to own the data and not more closely regulate how data is stored and used at any social media company that stores US customer data?
Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:40PM (#33972507)
Because the biggest concern is still Chinese ownership of US customer data. Not just the addictive features within the app.
Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:33PM (#33972368)
This is not true. The recent 60 minutes story specifically says the type of content is completely different because it is heavily moderated in China which is the total opposite of what we see in the US or elsewhere outside of China.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j0xzuh-6rY&ab_channel=60Min...

Re:Bipartisan Legislation to Ban TikTok on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:25PM (#33972214)
if you believe China is a dystopian state why would a Chinese tech product that isn't even allowed in it's international form within China not itself "dystopian"

imo the most dystopian thing about TikTok is the fact that China intentionally exports a highly addictive product that they don't allow their own people to use

there's multiple claims listed so just saying "this is false" doesn't really articulate which claims they disagree with.

from afar the fact they all stepped down before finding a replacement CEO was already a massive red flag.

Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions on Thursday November 24, 2022 @03:54PM (#33736115)
Yep that's the most likely scenario outside of secondary stock sales or personal sales of large amounts of FTT.

What's weird about him though is he wasn't listed as one of the "close insiders" who allegedly knew about the transfers of customers funds from FTX -> Alameda despite being "co-CEO" and there from the beginning of FTX's creation.

Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions on Thursday November 24, 2022 @02:04PM (#33735067)
Pretty wild but I worked with the other executive here Ryan Salame at a different company before he worked at Alameda/FTX a few year ago. He was a fairly junior so it's sort of surreal to see that he became co-CEO and had enough liquid wealth to be donating $20m+ for political campaigns.