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Samantha Misch's avatar

Where did the concern that ByteDance is associated with the Chinese government come from? Are they? If a ban took place, does that prevent Americans from having any app that is made by a Chinese company? Has China done anything to infer they’ve collected TikTok data to use in some way? I obviously have lots of questions. My TikTok algorithm shows book recommendations and funny videos. What could possibly be the benefit of collecting data on that? What would stop China from collecting data on any other social media platform such as Instagram? Or spreading propaganda via accounts on other social media platforms.

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Anita's avatar

I DON'T use TikTok but my Gen Z sons do (24/27)...for entertainment...nothing else tho. My younger son said GOOD when I asked him if he knew it might be gone soon. He says it's a time suck that he will be happy to not have available! I'm happy to see it go as well. From what my boys show me, it's either just goofy videos or misinformation (or both) and very little constructive content. We need to do better.

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