• Defaced@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    This is why the whole situation exists, IMO if there was a reason to believe China is trying to influence united states citizens, then this wouldn’t even be a discussion. There are probably hundreds of Chinese companies that operate in the US, why is tik tok signaled out? Because there’s probably a reason they’re being singled out. It might be nothing, but I’m inclined to think that the people who signed the bill know more than what they’re letting on for national security reasons.

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      6 months ago

      Look at any security analysis done on it and you’ll see the insane amount of information it collects from every single user is absolutely stunning. They definitely use their influence and knowledge of individuals to drive opinion of those who use their platform.

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      6 months ago

      There are probably hundreds of Chinese companies that operate in the US, why is tik tok signaled out?

      Because it’s an enormous company with a lot of influence on people. If they actually influence people in that way, I don’t know but they could quite easily.

      Personally I don’t care about TikTok.