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Electronic Frontier Foundation

Worried about TikTok? Then pass comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation. By reducing the massive stores of personal data collected by all businesses, we will reduce opportunities for all governments to buy or steal this data. eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/gove

20 Mar 2023 at 17:59 | Open on mastodon.social
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Forth Computer

@eff
They only care about Chinese Government control of Tiktok. US control of facebook or twitter is fine.

20 Mar 2023 at 19:12 | Open on mastodon.social
Hughster

@eff The specific problem with TikTok is national security—personal data of millions of mostly younger citizens of western countries going straight to a hostile totalitarian state well known for exploiting such data to undermine opposition—not data privacy per se.

20 Mar 2023 at 21:23 | Open on mastodon.social
Youtube_Zombie

@hughster @eff

Also there is very limited control by the US government to avert another George Floyd type of public mobilization event with a foreign entity at the control switch.

20 Mar 2023 at 21:36 | Open on social.hoffman.studio
Hughster

@Youtube_Zombie @eff Precisely. The app is entirely algorithm-driven, and ultimately the CCP has control over what that algorithm shows. Any amount of manipulation is possible without anyone knowing.

20 Mar 2023 at 21:38 | Open on mastodon.social
Youtube_Zombie

@hughster @eff

Much of this is about who has the switch.

20 Mar 2023 at 21:40 | Open on social.hoffman.studio
Hughster

@Youtube_Zombie @eff It is, but instead we're seeing all these defences of them focusing on privacy in general. Privacy laws in the States do need to be stronger but this isn't the time.

20 Mar 2023 at 21:42 | Open on mastodon.social
Youtube_Zombie

@hughster @eff

Ultimatly getting everybody's information out of these business is the key. Shit apple wants to know your every move literally.

20 Mar 2023 at 21:44 | Open on social.hoffman.studio
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