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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As of June 2022, 100% of all U.S. user traffic is routed to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in the United States, and today all access to that environment is managed exclusively by TikTok U.S. Data Security. We have begun the process of irretrievably deleting historic protected user data in our own Virginia and Singapore data centers; once that process is complete, it will effectively end all access to protected U.S. user data outside of TikTok USDS except under limited circumstances stipulated in our proposed national security agreement.

Guess that wasn't enough...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

They control the user data, but not the algorithm and the moneys…

They are angry teens are getting radicalised by leftist anti-imperialist content, and they are jealous the new biggest thing is not owned by an American oligarch.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

It isn't even necessarily "leftist" content, it's just access to the lives of other gen Z in other parts of the world without boomer media spin.

I'm only on a nonpolitical part of tiktok but you still see stuff like people's cats in Gaza if you follow cat videos, and so on.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

It’s so funny because when the social media’s companies were spying on kids in the early 00’s nobody lifted a finger and now since Congress can’t control kids because they all left the shitty American Conservative spy network of Facebook, Google, and Snap they gotta shut down the Chinese spy network so they can add it to their conservative spy network.

American tech companies suck dick and eat shit. Non-compete agreements have been the cause but now lets see some shit come out that circumvents the shitbag spy network.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Looks like VPN companies are about to see alot of new users soon

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

And those people could fall foul of a new EO issued, that if becomes law will carry some heavy penalties

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4c6f5729-81ec-43e6-9a85-6dbd8c085222

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Not sure those are really interested in video streaming customers. Those take a lot of bandwidth.

[–] Omegamanthethird 2 points 5 months ago

Only if they don't sell.

[–] jimmydoreisalefty 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

More gov't censorship and control over social media...

[–] Chainweasel 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Good, maybe it'll drive people away from social media. Trumpism? 100% caused by social media. Anti-vaccine movement and COVID Denial? 100% social media driven.
Social media has killed more people in the last decade than anything else. Facebook and TikTok will be the downfall of our civilization as we know it.

[–] IsThisAnAI 7 points 5 months ago

Ohh shut down lemmy shit next! It's so comical to see lemmy and reditus bitching any social media and clapping for this.

If you're in support of this shit you should be applauding us universities right now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah driven by the social media that competes with TikTok. Now all that is going to be available to Americans will be the platforms that bias right wing content.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Trumpism? 100% caused by social media.

Trump is the result of the Death of the Liberal Class. Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] IsThisAnAI 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes it is. It's the same exact shit. Stop making excuses.

[–] Omegamanthethird -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

No it's not. Stop making excuses.

[–] IsThisAnAI 4 points 5 months ago

Same shit. Just not your flavor of shit.

Imma ban anything I don't agree with mentality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/watch?v=t33icVUm5yM

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[–] Mrkawfee 15 points 5 months ago

The ADL will be delighted. Now they just need to imprison all student protestors and the US can go back to sleep

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The Senate late Tuesday passed a broad legislative package that delivers $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies.

The bill also includes a provision that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S. if the popular platform's Chinese owner doesn't sell its stake within a year.

That has raised concerns among lawmakers and security experts that the Chinese government could tap TikTok's trove of personal data about millions of U.S. users.

Meanwhile, TikTok had asked its users to contact their lawmakers to argue against the bill's passage, an effort that failed to sway opinions in Washington, D.C., noted Eurasia Group director Clayton Allen.

"I will sign this bill into law and address the American people as soon as it reaches my desk tomorrow so we can begin sending weapons and equipment to Ukraine this week," Mr. Biden said.

However, Ives thinks ByteDance would be unlikely to sell TikTok with its core algorithms, the vital software that provides video recommendations to users based on their interests and viewing habits.


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[–] mlg 3 points 5 months ago

I like how they're still referring to it as some ban as if Meta, Google, and Amazon aren't about to fight with fistfulls of money over who gets to own it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Well, if it leaves the US I will miss Anthony Hopkins and also the videos Martin Scorsese's daughter makes of her dad.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago

If it happens nothing of value will be lost. I say if because ByteDance has almost certainly already created a western shell company backed by Chinese billionaires to buy TikTok and keep it running.