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[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This week on How to Raise an Entire Generation With an Intimate Knowledge of Counter-Surveillance: Ban Their Favourite Social Media!

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

This week on the Effectiveness of Foreign Influence Campaigns on Impressionable Youths: Young people refuse to even consider that TikTok might be bad.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Next week on effectiveness of foreign influence campaigns: muricans don't spy on me. Except when they do it's for my own good and protection. Except if it's not for my own good it's important to sell my data so they keep running. Except when they accept state agents to buy ad in bulk to influence elections

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This week on I Don't Care Dad Maybe I Want To Be a CCCP Agent.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

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[–] 0xD@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That is true for all social media. Everything is being used for disinformation campaigns, that is not why TikTok is being banned.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah but the others are US companies. They can be regulated. Which they don't want and they will at least make an effort to get rid of at least the obvious disinformation.

With TikTok, there is no middle ground. Can't keep them in line with the threat of regulation as they're a foreign company. Operating in the country that has superseded Russia as the biggest source of disinformation. The only leverage they have is the threat to ban it outright.

Besides, Zuckerberg and Musk live in the US. They don't want things to get too bad. Though they're so disconnected from reality they may inadvertently make things bad. But they at least have an incentive to not have the US go to shit.

With TikTok, US cities could burn to the ground and they'll still be fine. And we see TikTok making people particularly unhinged already.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sorry, which part of your comment do you suppose relates to me?