Ernie SmithIf you’re for banning TikTok, be consistent and also support banning Facebook and Instagram as they use data in very similar ways. Or are we just looking for a way to launder Sinophobia in the public sphere?
J.D. Sheridan (he/him)@ernie look into the difference between TikTok videos IN China vs those in the US. Majority of those in China are educational and seek to better their own people, while those here in the US push idiotic trends with little to no educational background. Let's also not forget that China, as a political entity, does not have our best interests at heart and WILL use any and all info they can gain. I've done away with FB and rarely use Instagram any more. One wants to sell shit, the other is dubious.
@JDSheridan There it is—exactly the line of thinking my post was intended to argue against.
I interviewed a Chinese entrepreneur a few months back, and we spent a significant amount of time talking about having to deal with stuff like this when all he was trying to do was develop a product for his small business. He got really emotional and was very pained he even had to bring this crap up.
Maybe, just maybe, we can not make bullshit assumptions like this.
@ernie wow, you interviewed ONE Chinese entrepreneur. That's called anecdotal evidence, not data. I'll go with the research that is already showing the domestic version of TikTok, called Douyin, which restricts the use by anyone under 14 by limited their access to it as well as the algorithm being COMPLETELY different. Douyin promotes and directs users to educational info while the US ver promotes and directs individuals to the crap we always seeing go viral.