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So like... does the US actually have any proof that TikTok is a "national security threat?" (hexbear.net)
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Seems to me it's only guilty of the same data scraping for marketing purposes that Meta is... maybe even less so as I always found TikToks advertising less gross than Instagrams.

Both suck but TikTok is slightly less suck.

Is it really a security thing or is it a "We are getting pressure from US companies to remove competition" thing?

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[–] pemptago@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I never said anything about state propaganda.

Sorry, I mentioned the State as a generalization of other comments, not yours. I agree with what you're saying about PR and interest groups being the dominant form of US propaganda, and politicians not stopping the spread of misinformation because they're benefactors. [edit: formatting]