I don't like being condescending, but anyone who gets caught up in this yellow peril hysteria is an absolute rube.
Nah that's totally fair Rod, even the average :blob-no-thoughts: has no excuse for being unaware of how insidious "social media" is, so singling this one firm out is silly. I know Zuck got some shit during the Trump-Russia BS but compared to how bad the Cambridge Analytica stuff was this level of attention from US legislators is crazy.
Ngl there's the fact that Facebook's own algorithms according to a lot of human rights groups were partially responsible for boosting the genocide in Malaysia if I remember correctly. Like Tiktok is either porn, animal videos, or weird informational videos and meanwhile Facebook has created multiple armed militia groups wanting to do a domestic terrorism the same way people decide to go on a picnic.
It's social media insidious? Or is american social media insidious?
Is that directed at us? Because there's a difference between getting caught up in it and pointing out how ridiculous it is.
I'm talking about people who would respond positively to the show this congressman is putting on.
Notice how the media treats this hearing with the upmost seriousness and scrutiny meanwhile the Facebook and Google hearings by the same tech illiterate senators are rightfully treated as a joke and waste of time
So basiclly they're being attacked because they're a Chinese company right?
What is TikTok doing that Instagram doesn't?
And they're not selling the data to the letter agencies (or not giving them a good enough deal)
Oh, the letter agency already have the data. Tiktok users data store in EU and US after all, it's Douyin is the one that store in China. The problem with this is Facebook are free falling so paid these dumb ass to ban a tiktok, especially it from a Chinese company that they can't fully control.
I really hope none of these tech psychos are remembered by history. Just a few paragraphs about how the tech barons slowed the inevitable collapse of capitalism with man-made horrors that made some people very rich and then the house of cards fell down.
Carnegie and Rockefeller and Hearst are already headed that way so safe bet
It’s a Chinese company that operates within the joke that is American law to profit off Americans’ low attention span and high consumption culture.
I’m assuming the US is upset because China has laws to protect their citizens and won’t allow the US to do the same to Chinese citizens lol
A Chinese company make a successful global app that popular world wide. What next, are they gonna ban Genshin?
What next, are they gonna ban Genshin?
I wouldn't feel too bad about this as long as we get a hearing where geriatric senators passionately grill the devs about "waifus"
"did you know it's a federal offense to lie to congress???"
well he doesn't have to worry about that, congressman, because you're not letting him get a single word in anyway
Honestly, he should've just said "yes, I have", when he was told it's a yes or no question. Because bug fixes and the like ARE "changing the source code".
I knooooow. He’s being so freaking polite. I would’ve just started snarking and gotten the app banned by now.
The idiotic US government is really making me have a tiny ounce of respect for a CEO, it feels horrible.
But of course he's possibly a billionaire (I'm seeing some conflicting numbers, it might "just" be $200 million), so fuck him.
If asked "how did you ask them to change the source code", give an incredibly technical answer full of jargon, and then end it with a condescending "and if there's anything I just said that you didn't understand, feel free to ask".
Bill Gates has a similar attitude during his deposition for US v. Microsoft after being asked whether he wanted to "control Java", the programming language, and snapped back claiming he didn't understand what it would mean to control java, drawing an analogue with not knowing what it would mean to control COBOL or BASIC.
The interviewer, being some suit, obviously doesn't know what those words mean so he ignores them and moves on.
I think there was a little more context before this question as to what "source code" they're talking about (but I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't, based on how coherent these US hearings usually are).
Out of context though, the CEO being asked both "why not" and "whether" he asked engineers to change the source code is really broad and confusing lol. Which source code? The frontend app? Some recommendation engine/algorithm? Internal staff tools? Who qualifies as an engineer? Their manager? The director of another department who probably communicated the change to their manager?
As an American, I can assure you that the congressman has absolutely no idea what he's talking about. Asking him what source code he's talking about would not help.
But that cross pin means he's got a direct line to gawd almighty himself and can not ever be wrong.
its like reading old transcripts from the house of unamerican activities committee
lmfao "mr. congressman, you're an expert on this-" fucking baller hahahaha
new metal gear lowered snakes iq from 180 to below room temperature in celsius 😔
le ebil see see pee can order the corporation to hand over all the datas
...The Americans do this type of shit all the time though? Why are they pretending this is so unprecedented? I guess social media as surveillance should be something we push back against, but unless they're going to repeal the US government's legal ability to request data from companies (or the CIA/FBIs ability to just steal it), it's pure hypocrisy.
he says while reminding him that congress can compell anyone to answer whatever question they want
…The Americans do this type of shit all the time though?
the american bourgeoisie is probably hoping to change that lol
That's a great "Every acusation is a confession" example.
Also xenophobia.
asks why he has not directed the engineers to change the source code, which is not a yes or no question.
chew begins answering
immediately interrupts
"IT'S A YES OR NO QUESTION"
lol wut
The people in congress are absolute dumbasses that have no idea wtf they are talking about and are in no way qualified to question anyone on anything, except maybe questions around grifting and bribery.
These hearings are always a dumb joke, with each of these goobers trying to look as “tough” as possible for a simple sound bite.
Chew fucks this one up, all he had to say here was we change the source code every day
will tick tack change its source code??????
(A congressman actually called it tick tack).
When your country is run by a congress of 80 year olds
If US bans it then you Aussies will follow too. As will other western countries. I hate it.
Oh, totally. Australia is a simpering lapdog. We're probably already running anti-TikTok stories over here.
waiting on the wires to form an opinion
edit ohhh yeah thats the stuff
North Korea claims to have tested 'radioactive tsunami' underwater drone weapon at sea Posted 1h ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects what it says unmanned underwater nuclear attack craft.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects an unmanned underwater attack craft.(AP Photo: KCNA)
UK government has already singled it out to be banned from the devices of government employees. No other social media app has these restrictions.
This is your brain on brand poisoning. They're vocabulary is limited to marketing slogans and the brand names they've been targeted by.
mr. miyamoto, did you put the unchristian demons in the pokey mans?
Saw some Japanese movie where they took em to the top of a cliff and tossed em off
He's like this because he's an American politician not because he's old
Everyone knows you aren't a real programmer unless you assemble your code on pen and paper then input your hex by hand like you're programming a early S-100 machine
Holy shit, watching these videos really makes me wonder what the fuck this country is going to look like in twenty years once it fuckin collapses...
Pretty much a plot point in The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi, and is honestly pretty prescient on how I feel US collapse may play out if we are lucky.
