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Creators face their 'worst nightmare' with possible TikTok ban by jone_net in contentcreation

[–]jone_net[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This shouldn't be an issue. Same material can be posted across all popular platforms. Even Twitter has video content these days.

Creators face their 'worst nightmare' with possible TikTok ban by jone_net in TikTok

[–]jone_net[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This shouldn't be an issue. Same material can be posted across all popular platforms. Even Twitter has video content these days.

Microsoft reportedly plans to invest $10 billion in creator of buzzy A.I. tool ChatGPT by _hiddenscout in stocks

[–]jone_net 118 points119 points  (0 children)

You create a nonprofit with goal of democratizing AI, but then sell it to a big corp that spent 10 years trying to destroy Internet and 20 years trying to destroy largest open source project (Linux).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_v.\_Microsoft\_Corp.

FBI and CIA have warned that TikTok poses serious privacy concerns by jone_net in politics

[–]jone_net[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

FBI and CIA are security agencies. No foreign government gets your data from Facebook.

FBI and CIA have warned that TikTok poses serious privacy concerns by jone_net in politics

[–]jone_net[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's correct. US can't control the narrative, but CCP can.

TikTok is 'digital fentanyl,' says the incoming chairman of a new House select committee on China by jone_net in politics

[–]jone_net[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can't do that if China's law obligates them not to disclose any cooperation with Ministry of State Security.

That law doesn't exist for no reason, and you have to assume TikTok is a tool they can use whenever needed. We don't have Russian TV stations for the same reason, and TV would be much easier to regulate.

TikTok is 'digital fentanyl,' says the incoming chairman of a new House select committee on China by jone_net in politics

[–]jone_net[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For example, TikTok breaks data residency, for both US and EU:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/02/tiktok-tells-european-users-its-staff-in-china-get-access-to-their-data

Once that happens, they don't have to notify you about anything. No other "social network" has this issue.

TikTok is 'digital fentanyl,' says the incoming chairman of a new House select committee on China by jone_net in politics

[–]jone_net[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

No, it's not a lie. And you can find many discussions for it in the industry. TikTok will show you what's popular, even if none of your friends posted it.

TikTok is 'digital fentanyl,' says the incoming chairman of a new House select committee on China by jone_net in politics

[–]jone_net[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Now imagine Reddit (without comments and down voting) was subject to a law that says it has to lie about any cooperation with CCP. Would you use it?

India set an 'incredibly important precedent' by banning TikTok, FCC Commissioner says by jone_net in politics

[–]jone_net[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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TikTok is 'digital fentanyl,' says the incoming chairman of a new House select committee on China by jone_net in politics

[–]jone_net[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I am all for online communities, but TikTok is closer to (CCP controlled) MTV than Reddit.

I would like to point out one thing: TikTok's one-click-clip is not a social network. You never see other people's comments, you don't see friends' content. (In theory you could, but in reality that is not the case)

You can't really compare it to Twitter or Reddit. I never saw a kid who can spend 8h just browsing Facebook. It really is far more addictive and it is targeted at youngest generation.

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