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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by cm0002 to c/memes
 

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So far, Americans using RedNote have said they don't care if China has access to their data. Viral videos on TikTok in recent days have shown Americans jokingly saying they will miss their personal "Chinese spy," while others say they are purposefully giving RedNote access to their data in a show of protest against the wishes of the U.S. government.

"This also highlights the fact that people are thirsty for platforms that aren't controlled by the same few oligarchs," Quintin said. "People will happily jump to another platform even if it presents new, unknown risks."

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They want a platform that isn’t controlled by oligarchs yet they go to a platform that is controlled by the CCP, interesting

[–] [email protected] 74 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean the CCP isn't an oligarchy; it's an old school dictatorship.

[–] cm0002 61 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You have been site-banned from .ml

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can't put videos on pixelfed, right? That unfortunately means it's not a competitive platform. Video is what people seem to want.

[–] mesamunefire 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can. Your instance just needs to up the max size or turn it on.

Example from someone who only has one video as the sample content. https://pixelfed.social/p/Sarahschannel/785335877987047968

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have long since given up on Normies ever coming to the Indie Web, federated or otherwise

Ever since the big Xwitter exodus, when people went to BlueSky when Mastodon was right there.

[–] nieminen 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Xitter* (x pronounced sh style)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

Apparently some Israeli-Americans went on Red Note to specifically asked Chinese people what they thought of Israel, and users basically said they were "Devil's on this earth for killing babies" which like...damn. Even through the Great Firewall they aren't beating the allegations.

So I'm sure the Israeli lobby will get that banned next, we shouldn't worry.

[–] GreenKnight23 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

others say they are purposefully giving RedNote access to their data in a show of protest against the wishes of the U.S. government.

really?

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[–] Gammelfisch 1 points 1 day ago

Xi's 50 Cent Army will be kept busy.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] NutWrench 8 points 2 days ago

" . . . giving Rednote access to their data as a show of protest . . ."

That's a special kind of stupid.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 days ago (20 children)

They’d be right at home at .ml

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[–] Burninator05 24 points 3 days ago (8 children)

TikTok doesn't want the data of the average person becaue they aren't valuable in any way.

TikTok is being blocked because they can manipulate their algorithm to feed influencers to them that push pro-Chinese stances.

Imagine a hypothetical hot war between the US and China where China is telling a significant number of the US population what to think. I specifically say it that way becaue I don't believe any US company has a significant user base is China.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

It could be that sorta thing, but I think it was the same aim as the "salt typhoon" attack on U.S telecomms corpos.

A majority of the vulnerabilities and data dumps are, yes, worthless, but somewhere there's dumb U.S officials or people with clearances doom-scrolling TikTok , and their data or meta-data is giving valuable insight into how they can be manipulated, blackmailed, who they're connected to, whatever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Imagine a hypothetical hot war between the US and China where China is telling a significant number of the US population what to think.

This sounds like an imaginary situation where it might be ok to ban TikTok, but definitely not like actual reality.

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[–] JusticeForPorygon 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I do find it kinda funny that that the US gov. Was using "CCP propaganda" as an excuse to ban a platform of expression, and now many of those users have begun using an app that actually has a history of defending the CCP

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