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[–] stoly@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I generally think that TikTok sucks but do agree with this argument. It’s silly to say that domestic companies can be evil but foreign ones no.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

If social media companies exist to collect massive troves of personal info from users--and they do--then there is a valid national security concern over social media controlled by an adversary. This is distinct from the individual privacy concerns towards domestically-controlled social media.

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