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In reply to the discussion: The TikTok Problem Is Not What You Think [View all]ancianita
(36,243 posts)68. I see. Thank you.
I usually don't miss BRDS's posts. So again, thanks!
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I believe it's just part of *rumps' reelection campaign which he started in 2020
Uncle Joe
Mar 16
#72
I'm under the impression that Tic or Tix Tok will not fall into the...................
Lovie777
Mar 15
#5
Steve Mnuchin is putting together a group to buy it. So there is every possibility that it will.
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#7
Where are the links related to all this part about Mnuchin? No one's posting them.
ancianita
Mar 15
#38
They aren't going to use this as a "domestic distraction." This is a right wing attempt to take over social media.
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#15
Maybe not. Who knows the mind of the billionaire class but through their actions both seen and reported.
ancianita
Mar 15
#28
He has sent you checks for stealth uses of facial recognition gathering and sales. He sent you checks for that.
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#32
I hear you. But you need to hear that it COST Zuckerberg. The government you fault will
ancianita
Mar 15
#37
About this... Neither do you know that they do. Why do you think the Biden FTC's tackling this at all. So we DO know.
ancianita
Mar 15
#41
An excellent analysis that underscores just how brilliant Joe Biden's administration is, and how media
ancianita
Mar 15
#8
I think, while you don't have a fully cooperative legislative branch, you can ONLY do it piecemeal.
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#16
I disagree with that. Getting any control over this, if that's even possible, will take years if not decades.
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#49
I never said I was for banning tiktok, and I'm not for it. Not sure where you got that.
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#52
Making the perfect the enemy of the good? First things first: build legal precedent. That's not a piecemeal
ancianita
Mar 15
#20
I thought the elections machines' viability had been tested in the courts? Do you have links to back up what you
ancianita
Mar 15
#36
And the Cambridge Analytica crap happened because Zuckerberg made it happen in his fully US owned company
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#22
Lots of folks here were quite sneery when concerns were raised. They insisted there was nothing wrong
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#29
And installed a team in Trump Tower to help Cambridge Analytica identify likely targets to apply psy ops to to get them
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#34
And Musk controls the X algorithms, and Zuckerberg, who gave Facebook over to Jared to use as his
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#26
That just means they have identified you as a non-productive target for the right wing.
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#56
I wouldn't care. I hate social media, for all these reasons, and don't use any but DU. But I don't think anyone
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#45
I used to say if you use social media, you have to be aware that is happening and that you are agreeing
Scrivener7
Mar 15
#55
there is no evidence that the chinese government 'controls the algorithm' of tik tok.
Voltaire2
Mar 15
#65
I am disgusted that this issue is being treated seriously while our election system is still vulnerable
redqueen
Mar 15
#24
What makes you think the election system security isn't being dealt with?
SouthernDem4ever
Mar 15
#40
I don't use Tik-Toc, X, Facebook, but I am interested in what happens with DU.
OAITW r.2.0
Mar 15
#59