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What's going on with TikTok getting banned? (mander.xyz)
submitted 4 months ago by Mothra@mander.xyz to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world
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Not that it personally affects me- I'm not in USA and it's one of the platforms I dislike the most. But I can't find a concise explanation for why.

I've searched for news articles and those I found either don't address the reason behind the ban and talk about US politics, or are vague about it, saying it would collect user sensitive data.

I've also found lists of countries banning TikTok from government devices, okay I understand that, and some countries banning it completely because of cultural sensitivities, which I doubt is US' case.

Fair enough. What kind of user sensitive data would it be collecting? Isn't this what most social media apps do already? What makes TikTok stand out in this regard?

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[โ€“] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What makes TikTok stand out in this regard?

the location of its base of operations is what makes it stand out.

it's been banned in my country since its very inception (one of a very few agreeable thing that our otherwise very regressive far right government has done).

[โ€“] Rooki@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

and the HECK lot of data it REQUIRES to operate. Things that are just "Why do they need THAT?", tiktok is of course not the only one but its very aggressive on this.