▲ 67 ▼ Desperate TikTok lobbying effort backfires on Capitol Hill (www.bbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's just classic moral panic. Our politicians really want us to hate China when it's like, nah bruh I hate Microsoft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jim_Just_Jim@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wouldn't call this "classic moral panic". I would characterize it as our nations leaders demanding that Tiktok revisit their data collection practices in the interest of protecting US citizens. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) If politicians cared about privacy they would be passing a law that inhibits Meta AND Tiktok. American industries get away with simmiliar level of BS, but privacy isn't a concern to American politicians so long as it's American eyes watching. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago If politicians care one iota about privacy they'd be limiting and regulating what the government itself, some thing they have total control over, can aquire as data. permalink fedilink source parent [–] charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 2 years ago If politicians actually have a shit about protecting US citizens data, they'd push for legislation to protect US citizens data from all data harvesting apps. Instead "china bad, ban". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jim_Just_Jim@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wouldn't call this "classic moral panic". I would characterize it as our nations leaders demanding that Tiktok revisit their data collection practices in the interest of protecting US citizens. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) If politicians cared about privacy they would be passing a law that inhibits Meta AND Tiktok. American industries get away with simmiliar level of BS, but privacy isn't a concern to American politicians so long as it's American eyes watching. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago If politicians care one iota about privacy they'd be limiting and regulating what the government itself, some thing they have total control over, can aquire as data. permalink fedilink source parent [–] charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 2 years ago If politicians actually have a shit about protecting US citizens data, they'd push for legislation to protect US citizens data from all data harvesting apps. Instead "china bad, ban". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) If politicians cared about privacy they would be passing a law that inhibits Meta AND Tiktok. American industries get away with simmiliar level of BS, but privacy isn't a concern to American politicians so long as it's American eyes watching. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago If politicians care one iota about privacy they'd be limiting and regulating what the government itself, some thing they have total control over, can aquire as data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago If politicians care one iota about privacy they'd be limiting and regulating what the government itself, some thing they have total control over, can aquire as data. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 2 years ago If politicians actually have a shit about protecting US citizens data, they'd push for legislation to protect US citizens data from all data harvesting apps. Instead "china bad, ban". permalink fedilink source parent