▲ 122 ▼ Banning TikTok Won’t Keep Your Data Safe | Pompous billionaires, authoritarian regimes, and opaque oligarchs are hoarding our data. Only an alternative online ecosystem will stop them. (foreignpolicy.com) submitted 2 years ago by Bakersfield@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12778902
[–] Steve@communick.news 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Nobody cares because they are US companies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] would_be_appreciated@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Seems bizarre that people are okay with public opinion being explicitly manipulated by a very small group of people with very little overlapping interest with the public, but not okay with public opinion being explicitly manipulated by a very small group of people with very little overlapping interest with the public from a foreign country. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Steve@communick.news 0 points 2 years ago Not really. One can be dealt with if needs be, since they're US companies. The other can't because it's the Chinese government. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] would_be_appreciated@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Seems bizarre that people are okay with public opinion being explicitly manipulated by a very small group of people with very little overlapping interest with the public, but not okay with public opinion being explicitly manipulated by a very small group of people with very little overlapping interest with the public from a foreign country. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Steve@communick.news 0 points 2 years ago Not really. One can be dealt with if needs be, since they're US companies. The other can't because it's the Chinese government. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Steve@communick.news 0 points 2 years ago Not really. One can be dealt with if needs be, since they're US companies. The other can't because it's the Chinese government. permalink fedilink source parent