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They rushed that through with the quickness too (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

An adverserial nation in control of an algorithm that influences and effects behaviors here in the united states effects you.

Have you not once considered the NSA or silicon giants a potential adversary?

At least with NSA you could say for the purpose of national security, but Google would happily kill people for money if they figured out a way to not get caught.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No because if these silicon giants want to continue to do business in the USA, they would not try and influence the American people for a foreign adversary.

Tiktok's intent is not to make money. It's to influence us and use our data to spy on us. Did we all forget about the Forbes journalist that was tracked on Tiktok?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah, they'll only have to influence the American people for a domestic adversary