Comment on Why is TikTok seen as privacy invading and bad, but Facebook is fine?
slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 5 months ago
People in the know understand how shitty Facebook is, but at the very least, they’re a private company. ByteDance is Chinese, and there’s very little separation between Chinese companies and the Chinese government.
So, for all intents and purposes, it comes down to a company spying on you vs. a foreign government spying on you. They’re both invading your privacy, but for different nefarious reasons.
s38b35M5@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Facebook is open about the fact that it hands private user data over to the US Gov’t if they simply ask. Third party doctrine.
wahming@monyet.cc 5 months ago
Yes but at least in theory, there’s a lot less the US govt can do with that info
brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
What theory exactly?
shasta@lemm.ee 5 months ago
The theory that the US president can’t order the arrest of someone who posted something on the Internet saying he looks like Winnie the Pooh, and expect no consequences.