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    TikTok users freak out over app’s ‘immigration status’ collection

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    6. t3htg on

      “Quick BAN it, it’s SpYiNg on AmErIcAns” – ‘Alright now that we control it, spy on Americans’.

    7. Nodistractzens on

      Wasn’t it mainstream knowledge years ago that TikTok is the most data/metadata harvesting platform?

    8. DanglePotRanger on

      It’s been obvious for a while that the regime doesn’t give a shit about “Chinese having access to data on Americans” – another classic case of projection. The regime wants the data on Tt users as well as another propaganda megaphone

      Delete the app (which you should never have had anyway) or just factory reset your phone

    10. rinderblock on

      I highly recommend you use your eyes and brain and read the article.

      It points out this kind of language existed in prior versions of the privacy agreement and is required under state laws like CAs that require companies to disclose if they are aggregating “sensitive data”. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Reddit all have similar disclosures.

      Just like before the TikTok ban saga, all the things the boomers were accusing TikTok of is already being done by every major social media platform.

    14. Cultural_Ad_9241 on

      I am retracting my earlier comment where I said people should be deported for giving TikTok their immigration status. I spoke carelessly and did not think about the weight of that words before using them. I should not have said that, and I apologize. My intent was to warn people to be cautious about sharing sensitive information in light of TikTok’s updated privacy policy, but I expressed it badly.

    17. ABogWitchBitch on

      The app’s new terms of service also allow for the recording and sharing of personal medical data extracted from objects seen in the background of videos, like pill bottles or accessibility aids. Do you really want any government to know whether you’re taking anti-depressants or birth control?

    18. a_rabid_buffalo on

      I deleted it when it was first banned. The second it started pushing right wing pro Trump propaganda a few weeks before the election, and suppressing progressive ideology I knew TikTok had been corrupted

    19. lumpy4square on

      I deleted it today. My feed drastically changed from horses, history walking tours of Great Britain, international news. Carefully curated sources.

      Tonight, I was suddenly seeing weird shit I’ve never, ever seen before such as animal abuse, AI sexualized image of minors, Barron Trump positive slanted videos. Just totally bizarre and weird stuff. A lot of sexualized Arab and Asian videos featuring children. Child abuse!! People beating kids. Like wtaf?!

      I got so tired of reporting videos that this app isn’t worth it. I post hiking and backpacking videos, but I no longer want to be associated with this app in any way, shape, form, or manner. I’ll just stick with YouTube.

      I’m flabbergasted and disgusted over what I saw in my feed. It was that bad. I need to scrub my brain clean.

    20. fungi_at_parties on

      And one might wonder, why do they want to know so badly who is and isn’t trans? What might they do with that information?

      Hmmm? Why the fuck do they want it?

      Fucking camps. That’s why. Mark my words.

    24. GamingWithBilly on

      Yes, but now the government owns a stake in the company and has access to the collected information…which will be used by ICE. I don’t meant it could be used, I mean IT WILL BE USED BY ICE.

    26. TheTipsyWizard on

      Well, now we all know why Trump wanted to get his tiny greasy, weasel hands all over it

    27. Dat_Harass on

      NGL but you should throw the whole damn phone away. It’s advertiser tainted to begin with and now… well now it features multiple ideological pipelines that ultimately lead to rank and file fascism coupled with endless consumption.

      If you thought millions of televisions with FOX news created a horrible result, hold their beer and watch.

      Edit: Really though we should be warning those around us of the potential to fall into these traps. Given that more than half of our populace is primed to be taken advantage of, shit school systems and general focus on producing cogs vs. free thinkers we’re gonna have to pick up the slack. Throwing out the device is quite on the extreme end, but still an option.