Mainly because tiktok has nothing to do with China.
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DdCno1@beehaw.org 10 months agochanging 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.
finderscult@lemmy.myserv.one 10 months ago
knokelmaat@beehaw.org 10 months 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.
TeraByteMarx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
What exactly is a cyber weapon? How is tik tok different or more harmful than twitter for example