Dan GillmorMar 23, 2023

Sure, TikTok is terrible in many ways. But the hypocrisy of its critics, especially members of Congress, is almost beyond belief.

The problem with TikTok is the same one we have with countless other Internet products: They are relentless violators of our privacy and security.

Fix that, and you've fixed TikTok.

Democrats are just as bad as Republicans on this. And so is Big Journalism, which mostly just amplifies the lies.

This is a moral panic with a mercantile edge.

Show threadEdward Fattell
@dangillmor I keep hearing this rhetoric, that somehow TikTok is the same as Facebook in its harm to users. While that might be true in simply the privacies of the individuals that breeches, it’s not true about where that data goes and what is used for. The PRC has shown in Xinjiang, Tibet, HK and others that they will use the data collected to directly oppress minorities. We know the PRC can access TikTok’s data thanks to the 2017 national security bill. So fully contextualized, they differ.
Mar 24, 2023 at 6:51amMammoth
Show threadNikhil ShahMar 24, 2023
@edfattell @dangillmor Facebook has been responsible for mass killings or out right genocide in Myanmar, India, Ethiopia and other countries. Here they have been linked to the January 6 insurrection and the list of horrendous things goes on and on.