Reminder, Larry “citizens shouldn’t get any privacy” Ellison now owns tik tok. If you’re still using it or have friends and family using it you should stop immediately. It WILL eventually be used against you if this regime gets its way.
As if. If people haven't stopped using TikTok with all of the other reasons for stopping, then because Ellison is damn sure not going to move the needle.
aprilthird2021 5 hours ago||
What were the other reasons for stopping?
chinathrow 4 hours ago|||
Curbing addiction?
Tyrubias 8 hours ago||
TikTok’s stance against end-to-end encryption is unsurprising but still concerning. TikTok is a source of information on many topics, such as the genocide in Gaza, which traditional media underreport and many governments try to suppress. The network effect of big social media platforms means many people will likely talk about these topics in TikTok DMs. No matter what legal controls TikTok claims to enforce, there is no substitute for technological barriers for preventing invasions of privacy and government overreach. This is yet another example where corporations and governments sacrifice people’s autonomy and privacy in the name of security.
spaqin 7 hours ago||
It's a pretty terrifying world we live in now, where an unencrypted addictive short-form video platform is considered a source of information more than news agencies or even community-managed forums.
consp 7 hours ago||
For older generations Facebook has the same problem. "On Facebook it said [propaganda item bla bla]" is something I hear with those generations.
9864247888754 4 hours ago|||
Of course you are the target audience for disinformation spread via this propaganda platform.
bbshfishe 6 hours ago||
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burnt-resistor 7 hours ago||
It's the Max app for Americans, now with 900% more US and IL government spying.
rdiddly 7 hours ago||
"The situation is made more complex because TikTok has long faced accusations that ties to the Chinese state may put users' data at risk."
And yet, it's even more complex than that, since it's now owned by cronies of the current US President. I've never had a TikTok account, but conceptually I was mostly pretty okay with being spied-upon by China. I'm never going to China.
BLKNSLVR 7 hours ago||
> I'm never going to China.
China will come to us.
Or should that be:
China will come to the US.
andrewinardeer 7 hours ago||
> "I'm never going to China."
Voluntarily.
fragmede 6 hours ago||
Yes. China gives a shit that user rdiddly, at 36 minutes before 00:55 UTC on March 4, 2026, said that China is spyihg to the point that they are going to be abducted for it.
villgax 2 hours ago||
This according to many researchers is the best case study example for corporations gaslighting users into accepting surveillance by companies and governments alike.
croes 7 hours ago||
> Grooming and harassment risks are very real in DMs [direct messages] so TikTok now can credibly argue that it's prioritising 'proactive safety' over 'privacy absolutism' which is a pretty powerful soundbite
Means they read every message
kotaKat 1 hour ago|
Larry needs his kids' menu.
Madmallard 6 hours ago||
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deafpolygon 5 hours ago|
why are we still wringing our hands around this? we’ve already determined that tiktok is bad for our health.