TikTok isn't "Chinese social media." China has social media, and TikTok isn't it; TikTok is American social media that the Chinese control. It's an engineered product, and the function isn't showing you videos.

Both sides are correct. Or at least, half correct. They should both be banning both.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, China does not control TikTok in the US. TikTok transferred control of the US instance to Oracle (and subsequently the US State Department) years ago.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/tiktok-chinese-trojan-horse-run-by-state-department-officials/284353/

The US doesn’t want to ban TikTok. They want to force a sale of TikTok to a US entity, as has been openly stated by the billionaires behind the political push. This is partly to make sure a US oligarch is profiting from the platform’s popularity, and to decrease transparency as US authorities increasingly combat growing leftism and anti-imperialism on the platform among Gen Z.

[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

As soon as the algorithm is deployed, a lot of damage will be done. Doesnt mattwr what the US is controlling there. Brainrot will still happen in those kids, giving them a harder time in School

[–] Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 days ago

The function of no social media is to show you content. It once was to generate revenue, but recently x and meta have become the same propaganda machines as tiktok, just owned by different megalomaniac fanatics

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So it's a social media, made by China, making it Chinese social media. If you want to argue that its not the social media used by the Chinese, that's different and should be phrased more clearly.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I could say exactly the same thing to you! You clearly understand the distinction I am making. But you have nothing to say about that, you just need to express your OCD. You're being noise. Do it to someone else.