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synchrohighway t1_j65byi3 wrote

I never used it but isn't it just like vine or some shit? It sounds annoying but harmless.

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warywasp t1_j65cccx wrote

Its great for cooking and recipes.

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fatcIemenza t1_j65g3h7 wrote

And gen z activism/organizing which is why conservatives hate it

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warywasp t1_j65gq6d wrote

And its absolutely eating Facebook and Instagram for lunch. I'm all for it. Zuckerberg and his ilk are pure trash

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0Charkell0 t1_j65cv76 wrote

Like vine and Facebook put together, good if you’re watching the “right” stuff.

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Shirlenator t1_j65w8fa wrote

TikTok in China and TikTok in practically the rest of the world is supposedly very different. There is a theory that the Chinese version pushes good content like science experiments, museum exhibits, and other educational content, while the non-Chinese version is meant to be as addictive as possible while pushing far less quality content.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j0xzuh-6rY

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thefugue t1_j65drxa wrote

The app collects way more data than even the worst offenders we're used to hearing about.

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whatshelooklike t1_j65fpjm wrote

Who NSA?

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thefugue t1_j65iikm wrote

The NSA doesn’t collect American data without a warrant.

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whatshelooklike t1_j65j2ic wrote

Snowden leaks disagree.

The EU disagrees.

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thefugue t1_j65jdrw wrote

Snowden didn’t “leak” anything. Everything he drew attention to was covered in the NY Times when the Patriot Act was passed. If people were unaware of the Five Eyes agreement that was because it works.

Besides, there’s no comparison. One is a national security program, the other is a video app with no legitimate social benefit.

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whatshelooklike t1_j65k9qk wrote

What are you talking about...

On June 6, 2013, Americans learned that their government was spying broadly on its own people.

That’s when The Guardian and The Washington Post published the first of a series of reports put together from documents leaked by an anonymous source. The material exposed a government-run surveillance program that monitored the communications records of not just criminals or potential terrorists, but law-abiding citizens as well.

Three days later the source unmasked himself as Edward Snowden, a National Security Agency contractor.

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whatshelooklike t1_j65ji9z wrote

In the immediate wake of the early NSA revelations, the agency’s director, General Keith Alexander, claimed the NSA surveillance had contributed to the prevention of 54 plots.

Eventually, deputy NSA director John Inglis conceded that, at most, one plot.

Yeah....they sound trustworthy...warrant. you naive human

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OrganicPrinciple130 t1_j67wovi wrote

TikTok collects the same amount of data every other social media app collects. They are just mad it’s not something the government can control.

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