• macattack@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I think the issue is that TiKtok is just as bad as all the other social media and they are owned by a foreign adversary.

    Foreign adversaries (ie China, Russia and America) use social media for influence campaigns on each other and therefore their social media platforms can’t be trusted. This is why Chinese people similarly can’t use Google or Facebook

    • Midnitte@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      Executive order isn’t a law though.

      That EO is also focused on commercial security, not citizen privacy:

      The sweeping directive, signed Thursday, covers a range of topics including securing federal communications networks against foreign snoops, issuing tougher sanctions for ransomware gangs, requiring software providers to develop more secure products, and using AI to boost America’s cyber defense capabilities, among others.