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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The concern isn’t that these companies have microtargeting data. The concern is about what these companies could use that data for.

An off-brand t-shirt site would be a fairly ineffective vehicle for political propaganda. Tik Tok would be great at that.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

*tiktok IS great for that.