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cameronh90 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: TikTok goes dark in the US

What are China going to do to with my data that US companies haven't already done?

sanderjd 5 months ago | [–]

It has nothing to do with your data. That whole thing is a red herring.

The risk with TikTok is that it presents media entirely algorithmically, and that algorithm is controllable by the Chinese government and is opaque to everyone else.

brandonmenc 5 months ago | [–]

Help China's military.

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