"I'm not really worried about the Chinese government having my stuff. What are they going to do with it? They have no jurisdiction over me. I'm much more worried about the US government tracking me."

"Ugh, you think the government is trying to track everything on you? Conspiracy theorist much?"

  • Abstraction [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    There is also the worry they are going to use platforms like TikTok to destabilize their geopolitical competitors. And maybe that is a reasonable worry if you are a liberal, but as leftists, we kinda don't want political stability, and compared to local companies who would be able to do something like that, China seems less likely to promote the extreme right, the people who most want to bomb them out of existence.

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I do have my concerns in that TikTok, like most social media companies, employ a lot of ex CIA and whatnot. Now if those people are being subtly reeducated, that's one thing. :josus-stalin: But it's important to remember that China is not running TikTok, the capitalists they have on a very loose leash are.