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.

    • pythonoob@programming.devEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      I mean that’s all fair but the title says that it’s a matter of national security because it’s a Chinese owned company. Facebook is absolutely aggregious and could possibly also be considered a matter a national security (probably should be imo), but because it’s an American company it’s not immediately seen as a threat.

      • Wrench Wizard@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        You’re right. I see ALL data collection like this as a threat. Fb, IG, TT, Twitter, Google, Apple the works.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Facebook has been actually selling data to the Chinese government for a decade. Congress just keeps politely asking them to stop. But nobody wants to report on that.

    • jscummy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      54·
      1 year ago

      Pointing out Chinese company’s shady behavior isn’t bullshit or racism. I work in security and we’re currently having to take out most Chinese cameras since they’ve been found to regularly ping Chinese addresses and have backdoors built in. Chinese companies quickly become an extension of the CCP.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Saying it’s only them is absolutely racist. Most social media corporations sell data. Including to the Chinese government. Go look at the “permissions” threads, Instagram, and the FB app require these days and tell me they aren’t ripping every bit of data they can.

        There’s a big difference between hardening your security hardware supply line and accusing only the Chinese social media platform of taking data.