Comment on TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal

pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  changing region lock app stores to china

  This wouldn’t work, given that TikTok isn’t allowed in China. This cyberweapon is only meant to be used against foreigners.

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  • knokelmaat@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    While technically correct, they do have it in China itself, it’s a modified version called Douyin. It is more restricted, censored and tightly controlled.

    I agree that it is a cyberweapon, but don’t think that it’s only used against foreigners, they use it just as much to observe and influence their own population.

    Finally, I would like to point out that to a lesser extent this is also the case for a lot of USA owned social media and tech companies. Edward Snowden’s revelations for example indicate this. While the extent of government control and influence is much larger in China, I wouldn’t underestimate the influences of Meta, Google and Microsoft for example.

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    • TeraByteMarx@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What exactly is a cyber weapon? How is tik tok different or more harmful than twitter for example

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  • finderscult@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mainly because tiktok has nothing to do with China.

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• TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is it really that important?

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  • NecroParagon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Some American or other company should just hurry up and make TokTik and rake in the bucks. TikTok is going to be a shell of its former self without the US base.

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    • LukeZaz@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Some American or other company should just hurry up and make TokTik and rake in the bucks.

      Google’s already trying. Let’s not encourage them.

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• scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s not going to be banned. It’s a forced sale or spinoff. They’ll still have TikTok. Media just made up the term ban. It’s just that tencent has ties overseas and they don’t want the foreign influence

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