0x815@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 9 months ago"The problem with TikTok is not whether it is based in China or the US. The problem with TikTok is TikTok." - (Tuta blog)tuta.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-link"The problem with TikTok is not whether it is based in China or the US. The problem with TikTok is TikTok." - (Tuta blog)tuta.com0x815@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
TikTok is a social media app that tracks an incredible amount of data. A change of location will not change this.
minus-square0x815@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoCiting tbe article that “the International Version of TikTok has a long history of suspending or suppressing users who share content criticizing the Chinese government,” it might refer to TikTok users outside China.
minus-squarehuginnlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoYeah reading the article it seems like Douyin is where the people were disappearing and TikTok is where the videos were suppressed. They’re both owned by Bytedance out of Beijing so it’s not really much of a distinction.
minus-square0x815@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoChina critics like Dong Guangping and Gui Minhai disappeared from Vietnam and Thailand, only to resurface in Chinese prisons. […] dissidents have simply disappeared from Thailand and Hong Kong before re-emerging in mainland Chinese custody. You’d really find a lot more examples on the web.
minus-squarehuginnlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoAuthoritarian regimes often kidnap their own citizens in other countries, yes. That’s not really what we’re talking about here though
Citing tbe article that “the International Version of TikTok has a long history of suspending or suppressing users who share content criticizing the Chinese government,” it might refer to TikTok users outside China.
Yeah reading the article it seems like Douyin is where the people were disappearing and TikTok is where the videos were suppressed.
They’re both owned by Bytedance out of Beijing so it’s not really much of a distinction.
China critics like Dong Guangping and Gui Minhai disappeared from Vietnam and Thailand, only to resurface in Chinese prisons.
[…] dissidents have simply disappeared from Thailand and Hong Kong before re-emerging in mainland Chinese custody.
You’d really find a lot more examples on the web.
Authoritarian regimes often kidnap their own citizens in other countries, yes.
That’s not really what we’re talking about here though