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ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users

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US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users

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ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Lawmaker: TikTok must "sever relationship with the Chinese Communist Party."
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    Would love to see the science or other expert opinions that is being used to justify this ban then.

    I haven’t heard anything except politicians making vague references to spying or other things we allow from domestic services.

    It’s just politics.

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      TikTok Data Harvests: Report by AU Cybersecurity Firm or if you can’t be bothered to get past the paywall the news coverage of the event.

      Misinformation on TikTok: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2022.03.001

      Adolescents more susceptible to product placement on TikTok: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107723

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