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[-] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

The thing with tik tok isn't only with the data China can gather from US residents. It's also how they can use that information to influence the populace and send them propaganda, for example influencing the election results.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

They can also gather information about our politicians who use it and blackmail them to get what they want

[-] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Yep. But I guess it was already banned on government phones right? (not from the US, so I'm not all that up to date....)

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah but our politicians have personal phones and computers too

[-] Woozythebear@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

Ok, what information could they gather and how would they use that to influence an election?

[-] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

The section Methods on the Cambridge Analytica wiki page explains it pretty well. While it's not proven to be able to directly influence voting, it's effective at swaying people's opinions and emotions about subjects.

[-] Woozythebear@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

So it's all bullshit then, got it.

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