The US version of TikTok might be more concerning than the Chinese one
TikTok's US rebirth inches closer, but huge questions about quality, freedom of speech, and China's willingness to play ball remain
Larry Ellison is and has always been the most evil tech executive in the world, but most people have no idea who he is. Now he own TikTok and his son owns Skydance who owns Paramount (CBS) and soon Warner Brothers Discovery (possibly).
Ah c'mon now. Thiel is ghoul in chief. Ellison is vice ghoul at best. He's showing promise to take the big chair though.
"We're going to have supervision," Ellison said. "Every police officer is going to be supervised at all times, and if there's a problem, AI will report that problem and report it to the appropriate person. Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on."
If I had to give my data to either China or the US I would choose China because they aren't in a position to do as much with it
Right. I’m more tempted to use Rednote than TikTok-2.0.
Chinese TikTok wants to sell you things. TrumpTok wants to deport you.
No shit.
No fucking shit Sherlock
"Might be".
I'm sure everybody will whine about it and just continue using it - like the clowns they are 🤡
Same propaganda platform, different algorithms. It's a shame that for-profit social media inevitably becomes a tool for mass manipulation.
Its funny I didn't know about labubu until the recent South Park episode, and thought it was a parody of the Pokemon craze until I found out it was real.
And that because I don't use Tiktok, Twitter, or Instagram I somehow completely missed this craze that had adults being swept up in buying these physical loot boxes because of the effective marketing that had people wanting to be a part of something.
So yeah corporate consumer outreach tools indeed. Pretty scary just how effective it is in appealing emotionally to the masses.
And labubu is like the least harmful thing when it comes to manipulation of the masses, so just puts into perspective the other ways it can be used by those that control and understand the algorithm to get the outcome they want.
Young people will be so pissed that they shut down TikTok that they won't download anything that claims to be its replacement.
They’ve said it’ll stay the current app on your phone. They’re licensing and “retraining” the Chinese algorithm, so…
That's not what this article says
There have also been discussions that the TikTok app will be relaunched (perhaps rewritten) as a new app. Put another way, we may all have to delete ByteDance's TikTok app and install the new US-approved one, again, without assurances that it will operate in the same way and still include the freedom of expression the app has enjoyed for almost a decade.
So... Don't use it?
Oh it definitely will be. It will be a US admin surveillance tool for sure
Surveillance? This is mass physiological manipulation
Why not both?
That was there already though, and nobody cared