@armankhon Since I spent 5 years trying to crack it and it’s banned now, can you please explain how the tiktok algorithm works and how creators get tiktok famous.
Like you said, it’s not so much the loss of the app itself that’s bad- we have insta reels- but the implications of it and what it shows about the govt. If it was this easy to ban a major platform like TT, it shows the govt could get away with a lot in the name of security.
@elizaorlins I’ve been following you since survivor and it’s nice to hear actual educated adults speak about this. TikTok has been Gen Z’s “free expression” platform, as it rose to popularity in a politically charged time. The ban shows what values are really at play in the govt.
it’s not about the app. it’s abt America wanting to control EVERYTHING. it’s abt hypocrisy: claiming TikTok is a threat to our data when meta, google, & apple take MORE of our data than TikTok did. it’s abt social media companies being in bed with the gov. it’s abt censorship.
aka yes tiktok is a potential Trojan horse for the American people, but also, it’s not in the best interest of politicians as individuals either to keep it around. I’ve done my research to back my opinions as well. I’m not just speaking with no thought here.
I think this plays out in multiple ways. I think America is not only worried for our national best interests, but also, it’s the politicians who want to maintain the power who are afraid it will be taken away from them by the influencing propaganda power of this app.
Blatantly False.
The security risk is not data, the security risk is steering American Zeitgeist against America’s best interests.
In a democracy, where people’s views translate to national policy, it is an extreme risk to give a foreign [often hostile] nation control to influence the opinion of the American public. With the slightest algorithmic lever pulls they can alter our nation’s stance, policy, and course.
Letting CCP dictate our zeitgeist is a critical [and very real] risk.