Benjamin Allocco Is WritingI don't use TikTok, and I'm not defending it, but I would genuinely like someone to explain, in practical terms, why the Chinese government having user information is so much worse than private corporations having user information which they sell to other corporations and governments as their primary business model.
Kris Ann@benjaminallocco It's not, and that's the problem. This isn't about data security; it's about Meta buying politicians' opinion because Meta can't compete with TikTok. If this was actually about data security, it would be talking about all the American-owned companies exploiting user data, too, not just TikTok.
@krisannthemum Right. How does one draw a line between social manipulation at the hands of a corporation and social manipulation at the hands of a government entity, especially when the US is an oligarchy run by corporate interests?
In theory, these things are very different. In PRACTICE, they seem about the same, IMO.