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TikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent ByteDance tells US (www.bbc.com)

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[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 198 points 2 years ago

Only US tech companies can harvest all that data from their products, I mean, customers.

[-] MisterMoo@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I mean let’s be honest, that’s slightly better than US companies plus the Chinese Communist Party being able to do so.

[-] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 46 points 2 years ago

I don't know about you, but if I must leak my private data like a sieve to use the internet, I'd much rather that data go to a government that isn't governing me!

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[-] Marketsupreme@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago

They still can, they just have to go back to buying that data lmao

[-] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Everybody Sucks Here

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

It's obviously more of a problem when a government that actually has agency over you harvests your data. If you can't even understand this, then you're truly lost.