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ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah seems like we're just of different opinions there.

I firmly believe that American companies have excruciating detail on every single user, as well as most non-users. That's how they can do things like predict pregnancy before the rest of the family has been told...

And that was Target more than a decade ago.

And I also think, with ties to the Chinese govt

It's worth noting that ByteDance has a board that is 3/5ths American. The company has a communist committee like all Chinese megacorps.

China has blocked Youtube because it contained content around Free Tibet & Tienanmen Square. American Congress has decided to ban Tiktok because it might have content that China wants people to see (maybe). There is no credible reason why besides "No totally, trust me it's a problem".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Right. I mean, I’m no fan of china. I’m no fan of the US govt either. But I would say that China banning YT because it told the true story of Chinese oppression and the US trying to ban TikTok because it might be used to sway American opinion are starkly different…I mean, there have been coordinated disinformation campaigns in recent years. It’s not completely crazy to imagine china would use this incredibly powerful tool to spread their influence. Their track record isn’t amazing.

Also, yeah, most definitely, the data broker situation is waaaayyy the fuck out of control. It’s terrifying. Us companies are absolutely not innocent. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that US companies were the first to really “create” this new market. I haven’t looked that up though.