Tiktok is a far worse threat to India than Meta though.
Unlike China, US is not an adversary of India and US didn't kill Indian soldiers just two years back. So it makes sense they would go after Tiktok.
The harm is just not espionage, it is also manipulation of sentiment by propoganda.
Also, I am not really sure with all the equivalence to Meta in this thread. Sure, Meta has things to be criticized about but if one thinks West has threat from Meta on the same level as Tiktok, that seems delusional.
Is India the West now? This alone tells me that you aren’t coming this from a data pov and simply playing team sports.
My problem with this “analysis” is it stems from xenophobia rather than the actual problem with these social networks.
The idea that we must “act now” with TikTok when Meta has been a worse actor is just anti-Chinese; we are pretending that Meta wont just bend over to the CCP as well if given the chance - we already have several of our companies self-censoring on issues that might anger the CCP.
Banning TikTok won’t fix the underlying problem and if your concern is China collecting data on US citizens you should understand there are very little controls in place, today, to prevent that from happening with any foreign actor. I don’t think China would have to pull teeth to exfiltrate data from any of the other social networks.
>Also, I am not really sure with all the equivalence to Meta in this thread.
Which company is implicated in a genocide in India neighboring states? Again is your concern actually about people or is it just “China scary”.
Anti- the ruthless mafioso that rule China with an iron fist, all too ready to harvest organs from its citizens for the benefit of the Party members and their friends.
Most any individual Chinese is probably just another joe trying to feed and love his family.
The Chinese government is a threat to Western Democracy, freedom, and human rights.
Do you not realize India is in an active territory dispute with China over which they've had repeated limited military conflicts (which thankfully never escalated). You know, the China currently expanding their military presence on the border to India, including airbases with their newest generation fighters?
China is a very real threat to India right now. Why wouldn't they ban TikTok?
That's an absurd claim. The rumors about thieves and child abductors could have just as easily been spread over Telegram or AOL Instant Messenger or SnapChat. The chosen platform is completely immaterial.
Unlike China, US is not an adversary of India and US didn't kill Indian soldiers just two years back. So it makes sense they would go after Tiktok.
The harm is just not espionage, it is also manipulation of sentiment by propoganda.
Also, I am not really sure with all the equivalence to Meta in this thread. Sure, Meta has things to be criticized about but if one thinks West has threat from Meta on the same level as Tiktok, that seems delusional.