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Lovie777

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1. From what I'm reading............................

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2024, 07:45 AM

Mar 15

Tik Tok will remain operational but under another controller, i.e. supervised and run by an arm of the USA.

I think.

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The TikTok Problem Is Not What You Think [View all] BootinUp Mar 15 OP

From what I'm reading............................ Lovie777 Mar 15 #1

Its a nice illusion. nt BootinUp Mar 15 #2

Which arm of the USA? mzmolly Mar 15 #12

Great discussion of the background. cachukis Mar 15 #3

Why now? Republicans want to buy the platform youth uses. 58Sunliner Mar 15 #4

I believe it's just part of *rumps' reelection campaign which he started in 2020 Uncle Joe Mar 16 #72

He flipped because they are trying to buy it. 58Sunliner Mar 16 #73

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

Yesterday: Ponietz Mar 15 #63

I see. Thank you. ancianita Mar 15 #68

Here's where he lost me: Scrivener7 Mar 15 #6

We will have to disagree. nt BootinUp Mar 15 #9

Why would you think this... ancianita Mar 15 #10

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

The current situation on Facebook and Instragram/Threads BootinUp Mar 15 #19

If it gives Tik Tok to MAGA, yes this is really so wrong. Scrivener7 Mar 15 #21

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

And again. I guarantee the cost compared to the revenue was miniscule. Scrivener7 Mar 15 #43

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

Oh, Lord. Have a nice day. Scrivener7 Mar 15 #44

lol you, too ancianita Mar 15 #62

I fully agree with you. mzmolly Mar 15 #13

An excellent analysis that underscores just how brilliant Joe Biden's administration is, and how media ancianita Mar 15 #8

Then the Biden administration should tackle all of the issues mzmolly Mar 15 #14

I think, while you don't have a fully cooperative legislative branch, you can ONLY do it piecemeal. Scrivener7 Mar 15 #16

Then don't do it now. mzmolly Mar 15 #47

I disagree with that. Getting any control over this, if that's even possible, will take years if not decades. Scrivener7 Mar 15 #49

That'll sell well. Just like "defund police" - mzmolly Mar 15 #50

I never said I was for banning tiktok, and I'm not for it. Not sure where you got that. Scrivener7 Mar 15 #52

Pardon my reactionary misunderstanding. mzmolly Mar 15 #58

No worries! Scrivener7 Mar 15 #64

Making the perfect the enemy of the good? First things first: build legal precedent. That's not a piecemeal ancianita Mar 15 #20

Then why aren't they tackling election machines / software first? redqueen Mar 15 #27

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

It's not good without considering the outcome. mzmolly Mar 15 #48

Let's deal with it after Biden is reelected & on a more comprehensive level. mzmolly Mar 15 #11

It will be for moniss Mar 15 #18

When I look at Tik Tok moniss Mar 15 #17

And the Cambridge Analytica crap happened because Zuckerberg made it happen in his fully US owned company Scrivener7 Mar 15 #22

With zero calls to ban it. redqueen Mar 15 #25

Lots of folks here were quite sneery when concerns were raised. They insisted there was nothing wrong Scrivener7 Mar 15 #29

Ugh. Glad I wasn't here to see that. redqueen Mar 15 #31

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

What makes you think that will not happen mzmolly Mar 15 #51

Doesn't the Chinese government control the TikTok algorithms? dlk Mar 15 #23

And Musk controls the X algorithms, and Zuckerberg, who gave Facebook over to Jared to use as his Scrivener7 Mar 15 #26

Facebook's algorithms aren't near as bad anymore. Elessar Zappa Mar 15 #33

Are you sure about that? What makes you think so? Scrivener7 Mar 15 #35

Just personal experience and what I've read. Elessar Zappa Mar 15 #54

That just means they have identified you as a non-productive target for the right wing. Scrivener7 Mar 15 #56

They are all worse and need comprehensive legislation SouthernDem4ever Mar 15 #39

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

You may be right that's it's a catch22 SouthernDem4ever Mar 15 #46

The big problem with the algorithms is that the user is the product to be monetized dlk Mar 15 #53

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

Controls the data... dlk Mar 15 #67

two different things but not the data either. Voltaire2 Mar 15 #69

I am disgusted that this issue is being treated seriously while our election system is still vulnerable redqueen Mar 15 #24

I greatly admire your passion. BootinUp Mar 15 #30

What makes you think the election system security isn't being dealt with? SouthernDem4ever Mar 15 #40

Thread on GD has other articles redqueen Mar 15 #57

K & R bookmarking FakeNoose Mar 15 #42

I don't use Tik-Toc, X, Facebook, but I am interested in what happens with DU. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 15 #59

I refuse to accept this argument that we BootinUp Mar 15 #60

Trump is the bigger danger to our collective mzmolly Mar 15 #61

I believe this is a situation where we take BootinUp Mar 15 #66

Argument? It's a real concern. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 15 #70

Not sure I follow what you mean. BootinUp Mar 15 #71