Sat Aug 1 02:51:21 2020
<2b14f6a6> If China controls the tiktok algorithm, they control what the youth see
<2b14f6a6> Tiktok = China wins the propaganda war
<2b14f6a6> Ban it or buy it
<2b14f6a6> Take the weapon out of China’s hands
<21c2e595> what app isnt? the web is almost inherently a spy op. dems – RUSSIA! reps – China election meddling. i dunno. this whole chiona thing is very off putting to me for some reason.
<2b14f6a6> It’s apples and oranges to compare tiktok to an imaginary other app
<2b14f6a6> Tiktok /is/ a specific beast, you can’t compare it to other apps
<21c2e595> is it? your data is being sold all the time and collected from many apps we all have on our phones.
<2b14f6a6> We are talking about different things.
<2b14f6a6> You’re talking about data sales, I’m talking about propaganda and information warfare
<21c2e595> so watching teens on tiktok is a huge threat>? not buying it
<21c2e595> hes prob just mad about that shit last month at the rally thing
<2b14f6a6> Do you want China to control teen culture in the US?
<773ab1f1> Supposedly the data collection even at the endpoints (within the phone) is particularly egregious. Like on another level.
<21c2e595> hell they do with out tiktok. they own alot of hollywood
<773ab1f1> I was having this convo with the gf earlier and told her how the Internet was envisioned by some of the guys at MIT in the early 90s. A global village they said. Well, I’ll be real, it’s turning into a global hellscape.
<21c2e595> i think its sillly to think banning this one app is gonna prevent anything. also trump is trying to make microsoft buy tiktok. :thinking_face: its using political powers in the wrong way. red and blue are the same in their MOs over all
<2b14f6a6> You’re quite the skeptic lol :slightly_smiling_face: <@U8F8V823B>
<21c2e595> while i agree with that 
you dont find it odd they will just sell it to msft and then everything is ok?
<2b14f6a6> It’s a step in the right direction
<2b14f6a6> Gotta start somewhere
<21c2e595> if he wants to ban it for that reason, fine. but using executive orders to force sale of a company to someone else is not keeew
<21c2e595> tiktok is not going anywhere thats for sure
<21c2e595> well at least for like 3-5 years b4 the next one