Monopolistic…
I’m not a huge fan of big social media, but if there is one thing I trust even less, it’s a banned person’s account of why they were banned.
I once won a million Robux from my dad, but when I tried to collect them while unrelatedly hiding under a blanket, he got mad and banned me from Roblox, his credit card, and later from talking to that helpful woman at his bank. Some bans are entirely unfair.
Wow so unfair. You found that credit card in his wallet while he was sleeping fair and square.
OP post the perfectly innocent vids that got you unjustly banned
Thank goodness. Make sure to uninstall the app as well so it doesn’t do any more spying on you.
Everything spys on us, not just tiktok. Yes, steps can be taken to lessen the spying, but in the end of the day we are just self censoring ourselves from other platforms.
Social media is here to stay and the masses use it as a way to get information/entertainment.
Making burner accounts are a thing, share information that goes against the status quo, I think that is admirable.
Only way people are exposed to certain viewpoints is by joining that bubble and going against the narrative.
In the end this gets complicated for various reasons, what do y’all suppose is the best course of action to go against the status quo?
TikTok is particularly problematic for a number of reasons.
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Researchers showed that it collected images, videos, text history, contacts, etc. In fact, they noted that more of the program’s software was used for spyware than actually running the app itself.
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It’s a military operation for a hostile foreign dictatorship.
TikTok also is not great for “expanding your bubble and seeing other viewpoints” because it’s heavily monitored and filtered. Recently users reported getting permanently banned for speaking out about the ongoing Gaza Strip genocide, though TBH that was probably just the algorithm picking up on the word Genocide and shutting them down just in case they were talking about China.
Don’t get me wrong, though! Fuck Google and Facebook/Meta, never give them any of your data either. But at least they wouldn’t profit from the complete destruction of western civilization.
Just don’t give them access to your texts, contacts and photos? Like with any app that requests permissions it doesn’t need.
It’s a big pile of spyware, you gain absolutely no benefit from it and it weakens our entire society to a huge external threat. The basic permissions are not enough to keep you safe while using that app, which is why it is banned by many countries for civilians or military personnel.
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YouTube didn’t
Yeah, all centeralized social media is sus, I feel like fediverse is the only valid way forward.
You people don’t even know what the videos were. Why are you immediately drawing conclusions?
Isn’t TikTok run by a Chinese company? I wasn’t aware they had a dog in this race, I’m surprised they care.
I’d actually consider it more likely that people would be banned for talking about Ukraine. China has invested interest through Russia in that war.
Actually, part of the deal that allowed TikTok to stay in the US required their US branch to have some US leadership. The leadership that was picked was mostly former intelligence agency people.
