The thing I find interesting about this image is that it oversimplifies the argument (like all internet politics), but contains the definition of the root of the problem from the side opposite that which the author is on.
See we live in a world where our livelihoods are based on us having things to do for income. Maybe someday a fantasy utopia will get built where everybody lives a life of leisure and can spend all their time focusing on what they wish to, but right now that doesn’t exist. So when everything is Made in China that means nothing is made anywhere else which means opportunities for work are reduced everywhere else. This is especially painful for people whose parents were well off because of the industry in the town they lived, only to lose those opportunities because the work went to China.
Now add to that the differences in approach between geopolitical Western and Eastern governments and you have the current argument.
Tik-tok is in the crosshairs because it’s convenient. Western Governments, most particularly the US, like to talk up the Free Market. Woo, Free Market, no government interference yeah! So just reaching out and legislating trade or manufacturing flies in the face of their ideology (not to mention that their campaign contributions might dry up if they piss off the oligarchs who are making big bank by manufacturing in foreign lands). Tik-Tok however, is perfectly situated. It’s run by foreigners who don’t fund political campaigns, and it has a practice that is politically palatable to oppose: Collecting data about Americans and storing that data within the reach of an ideologically different government.
This meme is also made in china. “/s”
to be fair, while the microwave might be collecting your info, it isn’t shaping your children.
i assume u are down for banning all other capitalist controlled social media platforms too then?
Well if you put it like that… Yes
I dunno, one kid from down the street near me looks pretty rectangular.
The current US President is committing genocide and he grew up watching Howdy Doody.
the capitalist hellscape your children are living in is what’s actually shaping them
As if the data just lays somewhere and just get collected, obviously it is sold to the highest bidder which knows what to do with it
don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean to minimize that side, I just think there’s a fair argument to be made that direct control of peoples eyeballs are potentially, comparatively, much more powerful.
Ah yes, a chair that collects your data.
I dont get the meme, maybe because the person doesn’t understand what tiktok is about and thinks his loved country is attacked?
Edit: crazy that truth doesn’t be liked or any serious commitment to correct me. Chinese fan boys are really part of a cringe community
You forgot to label the hat and shirt as also made in China.
lol yes!
PSA: Samsung phones are not made in China. Iphone’s sure are, though.
You think the problem with tiktok was that it was simply made in China?
Not the fact that it collected vast amount of data from everyone?
And here’s a friendly reminder that Lenovo has had their very fair share of problems regarding security and data collection too.
So it works exactly like every other social media app, but made in… China?
But the data is sent to China for them to analyze and create models of citizen movement, influencing forgein citizens by deciding what content they see.
Yes. A government is ok with tracking their own citizens. But don’t want other governments to track their citizens.
and now you understand how the rest of the world feels about US media
I’m not American. Nor would I pretend to know how “the rest of the world” feels or speak for all of them.
collecting vast amount of data ? facebook does that too and instagram and google and who knows what else
Yes, we should ban all those, too. Or just enforce EU style privacy laws in America.
crazy i wonder why the infinity racists amerikkkans decided to start with the platform that is mildly associated with china. surely it has nothing to do with their with the fact that they are most racists people on earth.
Yes. But the US can control US based companies, and create laws regarding how that data is used. They can’t control a chineese one.
Do you understand how the US government might think it’s a problem that foreign countries get access to every step their citizens take?
us gov IS controlled by us corps they banned tiktok to get rid of competition. with the ever green excuse in amerikkkan politics of appealing to racism
Sure buddy. And 9/11 was an inside job and airplanes are spreading chem-trails to control the population and weather too.
imagine thinking the amerikkkan politicians dont serve corporations.
Serving and being controlled are two different things. Make up your mind. Which is is it?
its the same thing.
But not for a foreign government (from their perspective).
even IF it was true why would u give a shit about a foreign government having ur data, then assholes that are gonna swat u or kidnap u into an unlabeled van arent gonna be foreign they dont fucking care its gonna be ur government doing that shit.
