The majority of Americans — about 59% — say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a recent survey of U.S. adults. The findings from Pew Research Center’s…

About 59% of Americans say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a new survey of U.S. adults.

  • Naia@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    238·
    1 year ago

    This is only because of republican propaganda, which they only did because young people did political coordination on ticktok.

    • Toribor@corndog.ukEnglish
      211·
      1 year ago

      I think there are both real and performative concerns being raised about Tik Tok as a platform.

      Ideally the federal government shouldn’t be deciding this sort of thing on a per-case basis at all. Pass actual data privacy legislation and force data collection to be transparent and potentially housed in US datacenters that are subject to US regulation. Then if Tik Tok can prove it’s behaving responsibly it can continue to compete on an even playing field with other platforms.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Oh the actual bill behind banning TikTok is a comprehensive platform. It’s complete with super broad language that effectively gives the government the power to shut down any Internet business with little to no warning.

    • btmoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      75·
      1 year ago

      As a hard core liberal, I promptly uninstalled that shit as soon as I saw my first Chinese military propaganda.