☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in U.S. if legal options fail, Reuters sources saywww.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down14
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minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·7 months agoJust one small example: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/22/tiktok-bytedance-workers-fired-data-access-journalists
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-27 months agoUh huh, and do you think Alphabet and Meta don’t do that? Do you think if China offered to buy that data they wouldn’t be able to get it? Grow up. My point is that we should be taking internet privacy seriously, not just going after foreign companies. It’s not okay when the spies are American. Until I see serious action taken against the worst offenders I’ll know this is all theater.
Just one small example: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/22/tiktok-bytedance-workers-fired-data-access-journalists
Uh huh, and do you think Alphabet and Meta don’t do that? Do you think if China offered to buy that data they wouldn’t be able to get it? Grow up.
My point is that we should be taking internet privacy seriously, not just going after foreign companies.
It’s not okay when the spies are American. Until I see serious action taken against the worst offenders I’ll know this is all theater.