You do understand that all Chinese companies are obliged to cooperate with the Chinese government and that tiktok is a horrendous hoover for date on young westerners who will in time be older westerners?
TikTok has admitted that it used its own app to spy on reporters as part of an attempt to track down the journalists’ sources, according to an internal email.
The data was accessed by employees of ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company and was used to track the reporters’ physical movements.
the most serious accusation, and certainly the most legally novel one, is that TikTok is part of an all-encompassing Chinese civilizational struggle against the West. Its role: to spread disinformation and stultifying content in young Western minds, sowing division and apathy.
Earlier this month, the director of the U.S. National Security Agency warned that Chinese control of TikTok's algorithm could allow the government to carry out influence operations among Western populations. TikTok says it has around 300 million active users in Europe and the U.S. The app ranked as the most downloaded in 2022.
Reports emerged in 2019 suggesting that TikTok was censoring pro-LGBTQ content and videos mentioning Tiananmen Square. ByteDance has also been accused of pushing inane time-wasting videos to Western children, in contrast to the wholesome educational content served on its Chinese app Douyin.
Besides accusations of deliberate "influence operations," TikTok has also been criticized for failing to protect children from addiction to its app, dangerous viral challenges, and disinformation. The French regulator said last week that the app was still in the “very early stages” of content moderation. TikTok’s Italian headquarters was raided this week by the consumer protection regulator with the help of Italian law enforcement to investigate how the company protects children from viral challenges.
Researchers at Citizen Lab said that TikTok doesn’t enforce obvious censorship. Other critics of this argument have pointed out that Western-owned platforms have also been manipulated by foreign countries, such as Russia's campaign on Facebook to influence the 2016 U.S. elections.
because it helps them pretend to be tough while ignoring their helplessness about all the other sinister back doors into much more serious software and hardware
"Earlier this month, the director of the U.S. National Security Agency warned that Chinese control of TikTok's algorithm could allow the government to carry out influence operations among Western populations."
Shocking stuff. Good thing someone has picked up on this and that TikTok will be banned.
And thank heavens that the West, unlike China, would never seek to influence the populations of foreign countries through mass media, entertainment and culture, and establishment of non-governmental organisations, to impose its own views, morals, and values.
"ByteDance has also been accused of pushing inane time-wasting videos to Western children, in contrast to the wholesome educational content served on its Chinese app Douyin."
TBF this is one of the things I do like about living in the West.
I think the nature of Chinese society does not encourage innovation (or the inevitable mistakes made along the way).
So they steal it from the West. Tech, manufacturing, ideas generally. So Tik-Tok exists. And probably to ferment idiotic talk about LGBT stuff in the West, which seems to be working on this board.
genuine 😂 at the hysterics in that vertigo article
u would think the ft is better than that
“grid demand necessit7s grid upgrade due 2 power hungry industries, absolute non schocka” is the korrekt title - and indeed limit of required content 4 that story
Weirdly the women's 6 nations is sponsored by tik tok whilst also banging on about being a progressive and inclusive game (which bans certain sections of society from playing).
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You do understand that all Chinese companies are obliged to cooperate with the Chinese government and that tiktok is a horrendous hoover for date on young westerners who will in time be older westerners?
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TikTok has admitted that it used its own app to spy on reporters as part of an attempt to track down the journalists’ sources, according to an internal email.
The data was accessed by employees of ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company and was used to track the reporters’ physical movements.
Now go get your fûcking shinebox.
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No but panto is a threat to western democracy
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the most serious accusation, and certainly the most legally novel one, is that TikTok is part of an all-encompassing Chinese civilizational struggle against the West. Its role: to spread disinformation and stultifying content in young Western minds, sowing division and apathy.
Earlier this month, the director of the U.S. National Security Agency warned that Chinese control of TikTok's algorithm could allow the government to carry out influence operations among Western populations. TikTok says it has around 300 million active users in Europe and the U.S. The app ranked as the most downloaded in 2022.
Reports emerged in 2019 suggesting that TikTok was censoring pro-LGBTQ content and videos mentioning Tiananmen Square. ByteDance has also been accused of pushing inane time-wasting videos to Western children, in contrast to the wholesome educational content served on its Chinese app Douyin.
Besides accusations of deliberate "influence operations," TikTok has also been criticized for failing to protect children from addiction to its app, dangerous viral challenges, and disinformation. The French regulator said last week that the app was still in the “very early stages” of content moderation. TikTok’s Italian headquarters was raided this week by the consumer protection regulator with the help of Italian law enforcement to investigate how the company protects children from viral challenges.
Researchers at Citizen Lab said that TikTok doesn’t enforce obvious censorship. Other critics of this argument have pointed out that Western-owned platforms have also been manipulated by foreign countries, such as Russia's campaign on Facebook to influence the 2016 U.S. elections.
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because it helps them pretend to be tough while ignoring their helplessness about all the other sinister back doors into much more serious software and hardware
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Using a trojan horse of busty teenage girls dancing about in short clips was a masterstroke, tbh.
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I’m a heavy user,
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"Earlier this month, the director of the U.S. National Security Agency warned that Chinese control of TikTok's algorithm could allow the government to carry out influence operations among Western populations."
Shocking stuff. Good thing someone has picked up on this and that TikTok will be banned.
And thank heavens that the West, unlike China, would never seek to influence the populations of foreign countries through mass media, entertainment and culture, and establishment of non-governmental organisations, to impose its own views, morals, and values.
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TBF this is one of the things I do like about living in the West.
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TikTok has over one billion users. How many panto artists are threatening children again?
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Shall we ask them to identify themselves?
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The middle class millennials prefer that sort of society - where they shout at people until they give up.
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If only TikTok content could rise to the level of the Brexit debate.
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Via the transtede stuff? Gotcha
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I think the nature of Chinese society does not encourage innovation (or the inevitable mistakes made along the way).
So they steal it from the West. Tech, manufacturing, ideas generally. So Tik-Tok exists. And probably to ferment idiotic talk about LGBT stuff in the West, which seems to be working on this board.
Similar with Russia.
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Did you see the article about how an ammo factory in Norway can't expand because the grid there is sucked dry by a TikTok data centre?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.ft.com…
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Shouldn’t that be blamed on panto too? Chance missed.
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genuine 😂 at the hysterics in that vertigo article
u would think the ft is better than that
“grid demand necessit7s grid upgrade due 2 power hungry industries, absolute non schocka” is the korrekt title - and indeed limit of required content 4 that story
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Weirdly the women's 6 nations is sponsored by tik tok whilst also banging on about being a progressive and inclusive game (which bans certain sections of society from playing).
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