There won't be a ban. TikTok will probably end up making a U.S. only version that will satisfy congress.
The data will be sold to a 3rd party broker who will then keep sending it to China, so nothing will change in the end.
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2024
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I don't think this is correct.
They wont reveal their code and leaders in the US are too uncomfortable. With a conservative court, a ban will be not found unconstitutional.
The revealed their code to a US company already: Oracle.
They just don't like that the youth use it to see what's happening in other parts of the world, like Palestine. They want to be able to keep the US populace within their propaganda bubble, in the state we were in when we didn't know about things like the Irgun or The Great March of Return.
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They'll have no choice but to go into the mountains and become guerilla fighters.
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I'm usually all for fediverse folks shitting on big corporate social media platforms, they definitely all deserve it. But unless I'm mistaken, and I very well might be, TT seems like it gets wayyyy more vitriol than the other big bads. Hopefully that's not for "old man yells at cloud" type reasons.
Anyway, definitely looking forward to Loops when it's ready!!
It gets more hate because it's owned by a Chinese company that more than likely shares data with the CCP. I assume you live in a western nation, so it's basically the result of propaganda. Perhaps it's warranted, perhaps not, but that's why.
It's ironic because everyone flips out that China is vacuuming up information, as if the US government isn't doing the same thing. If you think the US govt snoops that data only to keep you safe, I have a bridge to sell you.
Guess the issue is that us big bads are blocked in china. So while ccp can leverage social media to monitor western countries. Western goverments can not leverage western social media to do the same in china.
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As an Australian I could not care wjaty the CCP knows about me, happy to send them as many butthole or dick pics photos as they want.
What concerns me is the invasiness of my own national government and its asshole FiveEyes conspirators. They can take my liberty. Those bastards I trust not one inch.
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As a proud patriot I only want my data sold to American big business interests! πΊπΈπΊπΈπΊπΈπΊπΈπΊπΈ
Yeah, I'm much more worried about someone in my country spying on me then China, like what are they gonna do from the other side of the world?
Arrest you for protesting a genocide or trying to get an abortion? No, sorry, that's something people in the US have to worry about when their government has their data, not China.
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I don't know why everyone stopped talking about how TT it's spyware, security researchers were out of their mind few years ago
I'm with you, it's kind of annoying to see just how much people seethe over a platform. It looks exactly like what redditors did with IG, or TT, or emojis. I understand people's frustrations with TT, but as someone who's made content for both TT and YT shorts, engagement for small guys absolutely sucks on shorts and when TT is banned, there's basically no real alternative. Not only that, but I'm also very concerned about the precedent that's set by effectively censoring parts of the internet for Americans.
That being said I am also super pumped for Loops, I hope there's more updates soon because I've been keeping an eye on that for a while!
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Oh no! Anyway...
The same as what happened when vine shut down.
Take their follows as best as they can to another platform. Continue on.
Other platforms exist. I'm sure they'll be fine.
I was under the impression that the TT creator fund was very minimal anyway. Or at least it was gutted recently and used to be somewhat okay.
A lot of people exclusively use TT for business, via the TT store, which isn't implemented in other platforms (many of which users don't trust). They'll have a rough go of it if they don't diversify.
I thought they mostly made money through sponsorships rather than direct payments.
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YouTube shorts are already a thing.
Once they get an algorithm that isn't absolute shit, bam we'll be good
Who the fuck cares lmao
the person who asked the question, obviously
Probably move on to YouTube Shorts or Instagram reels. I don't have Instagram but the YT Shorts are basically just TikTok crossposts anyway.
Ideally Pixelfed would win but that's very hopeful, a lot of the creators are expecting to be paid.
There's too much money to be made with the format for it to die yet.
YT Shorts are basically just TikTok crossposts anyway
Hey that's not true! Some of them a small clips from longer main videos.
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Better question: Will the world rejoice in having a social media network without Americans?
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Probably become nordVPN subscribers.
I was going to ask this... doesn't vpn work? Is VPN being bamed too?
I donβt know the specifics behind it, but even if VPN does work, or accessing TT through a web app instead of an app, thatβs still 1-2 hurdles for the average user to jump through for their fix.
Some people will just not bother and then peace out to instagram reels or YT shorts or just drop off that kind of social media.
It fully depends on how many users are βsavvyβ enough to navigate those hurdles and how badly they want to navigate those hurdles.
In my experience when youβre working with a dedicated user base and you make a significant change, you can expect to lose around half your audience. Barriers to entry are probably going to increase that number, but obviously this is anecdotal evidence for future events.
Switch to ig reels or yt shorts
Find a job?
They'll move to TokTik by DanceByte by the week's end.
Think of all the Russian jobs spreading misinformation on Tik Tok that will be lost!
Theyβll just move on to the next available platform.
Same thing that happened to the Chinese creators on Youtube despite it being banned in China, I presume.
I'm excited to find out!
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