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TikTok is China. Literally owned and operated by the state.
Don't compare for profit corporations to a hostile militaristic dictatorship.
Not to defend China in any way, but its influence over the world is far more economic and profit-driven than militaristic. Often it's hard to separate China from for profit corporations simply due to how much those corporations rely on chinese industries.
A US-Based For Profit Corporation has some accountability.
A Hostile Dictatorship Military Op would gut you and take everything you own at a cost because they just love seeing you suffer, if they could get away with it en masse.
Look, I'm Latin American. If you are gonna tell me US is more trustworthy and less likely to attempt to undermine other countries and inflict inhumane conditions upon them, I'd suggest for you to read a bit more international history and all the dictatorships they have backed in other countries.
Do US corporations have any accountabilty? These days, looks like that only applies to their shareholders. I remember those leaks revealing that the US government has more access to internet company data than it lets on.
Still, I wouldn't want to live in China either. But as far as getting screwed by companies from other countries, I don't see much reason to trust one over the other. Any rights and protections that you may have do not apply to me.
All that considered, between Tiktok or Instagram? They are equally bad as far as I see.
Instagram isn't State Run. Instagram isn't funding a coup in the 1970s. If you had used Facebook as an example then maybe you'd have a great point, although I don't use their platforms either, tbh.
It just feels to me like people who use TikTok and compare it to lesser threats to human life are watering down evil for easy consumption. I feel very strongly about it and I would love for everyone to please fucking stop.
Technically TikTok is not actually state run either. But in both cases the governments in question can simply pressure the owners to submit to their demands.
If you don't use Facebook maybe you can speak out against it, but as far as watering down evil goes, no major technology company is innocent.
TikTok is a State Run Military Op in China, with a local branch in the USA to make their data collection easier and more profitable.