Wait doesn't #TikTok spy on all their users?
this post was submitted on 05 May 2023
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The journalist is using "spying" in a more specific sense of "actually used the data gathered through my use of the app in order to establish specific things about me personally, for aims other than targeted advertising."
The "spying on all users" is more like "gathering loads of data on everyone to use for targeted advertising" and is much more a metaphor than the above. The above is more on the literal side of "spying".
And yes, this is a meaningful difference.
But anyone who has read the CSL and thinks Tik Tok is just doing "harmless aggregate advertising" is severely in need of a reality check.
Someone is absolutely processing specifics about any persons if possible interest beyond advertising.
Sure. And having clear and stark instances of that, as in the article linked by the OP, are very useful in making this point to the general public. Because most people need that reality check today.
There is an interview with US journalist Emily Baker-White, a Forbes journalist TikTok also spied on.
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