Thanks for sharing. I read through the sources in the article.
> Toward the end of the 45–minute experiment, analysts’ feeds were almost exclusively populated with both accurate and false content related to the war in Ukraine
A DoD funded company says that new accounts on TikTok were exposed to correct and incorrect information the Ukraine war. This is going to be true on any social media app in the entire world.
> For years, lawmakers and commentators have feared that the Chinese government could use TikTok — which is owned by a Chinese parent company, ByteDance — to secretly distribute content sympathetic to the Chinese Communist Party in order to shift public opinion in the United States.
Former employees of a separate app that shut down 3 years ago claim they were told to pin videos of pandas and tourism in China to the front page.
> TikTok can collect, which includes faceprints, voiceprints, browsing history, text messages, and pretty much anything you do on your phone
Again, not unique.
Do I like TikTok? No. But I don't think hypotheticals are enough reason to ban it. I think this is a very similar scenario to the 2016 Russian misinformation hysteria that was ultimately mostly unfounded.
> Toward the end of the 45–minute experiment, analysts’ feeds were almost exclusively populated with both accurate and false content related to the war in Ukraine
A DoD funded company says that new accounts on TikTok were exposed to correct and incorrect information the Ukraine war. This is going to be true on any social media app in the entire world.
> For years, lawmakers and commentators have feared that the Chinese government could use TikTok — which is owned by a Chinese parent company, ByteDance — to secretly distribute content sympathetic to the Chinese Communist Party in order to shift public opinion in the United States.
Former employees of a separate app that shut down 3 years ago claim they were told to pin videos of pandas and tourism in China to the front page.
> TikTok can collect, which includes faceprints, voiceprints, browsing history, text messages, and pretty much anything you do on your phone
Again, not unique.
Do I like TikTok? No. But I don't think hypotheticals are enough reason to ban it. I think this is a very similar scenario to the 2016 Russian misinformation hysteria that was ultimately mostly unfounded.