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So #TikTok is already banned in so many countries. It makes you wonder why its leadership hasn't taken measures to work around the bans other than protesting them. The reasons vary from regional politics to #privacy, to national security. Pros and cons considered, it's the perfect scapegoat.
TikTok could also face a ban in Europe https://www.androidheadlines.com/2024/04/tiktok-ban-europe.html @androidheadlines
TikTok could also face a ban in Europe
TikTok is currently weathering a perfect storm of EU probes and national bans. Currently, the video-sharing website faces a ban in the United StatesArthur Brown (Android Headlines)
Wondering when the US will use the tactics they used against TikTok, against every corp. Breaking the law...
I bet if companies were being forced to sell because they broke the law, less of them would break the law...
Just so I'm clear, I am 100% against banning ANY app with hidden keyloggers and trackers. It's a good thing that TikTok is being banned, but let's use that energy for everything, yes?👍
I can block the whole domain, right?
I hate #tiktok not because its origin, but because how harmful how short form videos are, which is also applies to musical.ly, YouTube shorts, or vine.
I agree with all you've said.
However, #TikTok indoctrinates, too.
The #CCP is world-class in controlling the narrative on the internet, which OFC they do in the #PRC with the same app. #TikTok is pushing rightwing propaganda, just like the #DeadBirdSite: https://mashable.com/article/tiktok-recommendations-far-right-wing , https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-5110-9_8.
And OFC, they control everything on it regarding #China. I'm positive that a #Short reporting on the plight of the #Uighurs would not be online for > 1 hour.
TikTok's algorithm sends users down a far-right extremist rabbit hole
Far-right content is still thriving on TikTok.Matt Binder (Mashable)
TikTok owner has strong First Amendment case against US ban, professors say
https://arstechnica.com/?p=2020276
TikTok owner has strong First Amendment case against US ban, professors say
Professor: US faces "uphill battle" justifying law against First Amendment suit.Ars Technica
I wonder if much of the U.S. campus unrest about #Gaza might be deliberately whipped up by #TikTok and other social media algorithms to soften support for #Biden among young voters.
(My own position is that #Hamas is utterly responsible for the October 7th atrocities. However, #Netanyahu has stupidly fallen into their trap. #IDF is creating orders of magnitude more terrorists than they're killing. Today's Gaza children will grow up with seething hatred and thirst for revenge.)
Your thoughts?
Was für eine Schande. Der erfolgreiche Pilotversuch des @EDPS, für Europäische Institutionen im #Fediverse #Mastodon und #PeerTube Instanzen zu betreiben, wird in weniger als einem Monat enden.
Die Europäische Kommission unter von der Leyen (CDU / EVP) hat offensichtlich kein Interesse daran, überwachungsarme, europäische Plattformen und damit freien demokratischen Diskurs zu fördern. Morgen wird sie sicher wieder irgendwas zu #TikTok und #Souveränität und so heucheln.
EDPS decentralised social media pilot: the end of a successful story
Two years ago, the EDPS embarked on a pioneering journey to launch two social media platforms, EU Voice and EU Video. The pilot project has proved successful in delivering alternative, privacy-friendly and user-focused social media platforms.European Data Protection Supervisor
I encourage #TikTok to shutdown instead of sell. Let people who use it ask politicians who are responsible why they did this to ByteDance.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/25/bytedance-shut-down-tiktok-than-sell
ByteDance would shut down TikTok in US rather than sell it, sources say
App’s ‘secret source’ algorithm reportedly core to operations of parent company, which sources say make a sale highly unlikelyGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
How toxic is #TikTok?
In #China they have a different version of #TikTok, Chinese users get to see different content compared to the rest of the world
And sure! #China bans everything that's just a little against their regime like mstdn.social for example but the thing is..
TikTok is a Chinese based company with the CCP keeping an close eye. And not only on the "Chinese data" 😉
https://loops.video is a very promising ActivityPub platform for short form video, and could use your financial support to help fund and sustain this initiative!
Donations can be made via @pixelfed
https://pixelfed.org/support-our-project
Let’s build a new TikTok that’s federated and better for humanity! Boosts appreciated!
Will #TikTok get banned? Will it get bought? Who will buy it? Will that acquisition even be allowed by the FTC? I would not put it past #Elon Musk to make an attempt here. TikTok is just the latest example of the perils of building an audience in a walled garden. This is why the #fediverse is the way forward.
Posted into Following The Fediverse @following-the-fediverse-mike
As TikTok ban threatens stability in social media ecosystem, some brands settle into the fediverse
As the TikTok ban threatens the social media ecosystem, agency execs debate investing in the fediverse.Kimeko McCoy (Digiday)
Fun drinking game for the next 9-12 months: take a shot every time a news article uses the phrase "Section 230" or "chilling effect on free speech" -- that way you'll be in the hospital with liver poisoning instead of having to keep up with all the TikTok news and court challenges
#tiktok #USpol #platformGovernance #regulation #techRegulation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/23/tiktok-ban-senate-vote-sale-biden/
Studie sieht deutlichen Rechtsruck: 22 Prozent der jungen Menschen würden AfD wählen
Die Autoren der Studie „Jugend in Deutschland 2024“ messen eine stark gestiegene Zustimmung für die AfD – sowie eine „tiefsitzende mentale Verunsicherung“ der jungen Generation.Karin Christmann (Der Tagesspiegel)
This is a great article by professor Nir Eisikovits, but I think he could have dove deeper. Agreed that media literacy is a problem, but I think it's more pervasive than people consuming "news" through social media, rather the question becomes: Why did people turn to social media to consume news? That question is at the core of the problem of media literacy and critical thinking in the U.S.
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TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age
If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.The Conversation
Federal politicians will not, and *cannot* fix “the biggest problem with #TikTok “ (that it is a primary source of ‘#news ‘ for millions of #Americans ).
That’s because the ‘problem’ is lack of #CriticalThinking skills. So only fixing our failing #Education system can do that!
State politicians need to support, instead of degrade #PublicEducation. And #HigherEducation ‘leaders’ need to make #teacher preparation programs more competitive and of higher quality.
Forcing a Chinese company to sell TikTok won’t solve the biggest problem with #TikTok: the fact that so people get their “#news” from platforms that are designed to hijack attention for commercial gain, not to deliver reliable information.
If China wants information on Americans, it can buy data from companies since there are no effective #privacy laws.
And American-owned Facebook and X have shown themselves to be as bad or worse as TikTok at spreading #misinformation.
TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age
If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.The Conversation
"Influencer marketing has become big business on #TikTok and #Instagram, where popular creators can make good money by helping brands promote their stuff. Now, #LinkedIn wants in the game...Its product, called Thought Leader ads, launched in a limited capacity last year."
Corporate social media is overrun by "influencers" who say great things about the free stuff that the get from other companies. They hawk the warez of others to keep on the good side of companies to keep getting free stuff.
"Thought Leaders" are unnecessary, why do we need someone to lead our thoughts? Who are these egotistical people who think that they can lead our thoughts? If you specialize in an area, stop trying to be a thought leader and be a contributor and a collaborator.
I'm so glad the #Fediverse doesn't have MAU targets or advertising sales targets to meet. I am so happy that we are free of those shills on corporate social media.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/12/linkedin-expands-thought-leader-ads-eyeing-tiktok-and-instagram.html
#socialmedia #socialnetwork #thoughtleader
LinkedIn betting it can take on TikTok and Instagram in influencer marketing
With LinkedIn facing a slowdown in growth, the company is jumping into influencer marketing, trying to compete with TikTok and Instagram.Jordan Novet (CNBC)
#News #USNews #TikTok #Tech #Technology #China
House votes for possible TikTok ban. Will the app go away?
The House has passed legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year. But don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon.MARY CLARE JALONICK (AP News)
Why a TikTok Ban Would Miss the Wider Problem: A Massive Failure to Protect Privacy Online
News outlets and opinion columns are full of updates and comments about a US bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner either to sell the app or to see it banned in the US.Glyn Moody (Private Internet Access)
If #TikTok was smart, they would launch a separate app/site for text & photos, & have it enter the #Fediverse (with #ActivityPub enabled by default).
👉🏾 TikTok’s Instagram competitor likely to be named TikTok Notes | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/08/tiktoks-instagram-competitor-likely-to-be-named-tiktok-notes/
"TikTok takes steps to combat extremism, hate speech and misinformation amid Hamas war"
https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-795852
"The tech giant includes implicit bias training for moderation teams and provides refreshers on their hate policy focused on antisemitism and Islamophobia."
"I need to get sheet 4-B, this is a whole other thing now." 😆☠️
The Real Reason The #US Wants To Ban #TikTok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEDGZlG_41k
#China #Geopolitics #Politics #Censorship
The Real Reason The US Wants To Ban TikTok
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...the #media, including #SocialMedia, must be made more resilient. Despite the rancid taste of anti-competitive lobbying by #BigTech, forcing a sale of #TikTok is a step in the right direction. ANY foreign media ownership should be scrutinized, in particular, if the owner(s) are not sole citizens of a country that belongs to #NATO (potentially problematic: #Hungary, #Turkey, previously #Poland,...
