TikTok Ban Explained

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I agree that censorship is bad, however, if they are stealing IPs and personal information I’d say the concern is extremely warranted.

Something suspicious that has been bugging me more and more as time goes on:
Here in my city (in Canada) there is a FB group for gigs and part time jobs. Last month there was a post from a local soliciting for English speakers with a Canadian accent to have a recorded conversation with someone over the phone. $80 for two hours of recorded dialogue. Topics included politics, marriage, careers, hobbies, travel, etc. I figured I’d give it a shot and contacted the poster with my number. I got a phone call from a lady with a heavy Chinese accent giving me the info I needed to start. When I asked her about the company she just gave me a brief answer: speech recognition company called Speechocean from Beijing. She would not comment on the purpose of the recordings, so I became hesitant to continue on. I told her I was no longer interested.
While this company may just be a data collection company using the voice data to improve speech recognition software, who really knows what that data could be used by and for. The information is stored in Beijing. People are essentially giving away their unique voice print to an overseas company they know nothing about for $80. I asked the local recruiter on Facebook if he knew the name of the company and what the data would be used for. He said he had no idea, he was just hired to scout people with the accent they needed. Since then, 2 other local recruiters have posted and* find people willing to do this very quickly.
Call it paranoia if you want, but can we at least ask questions before sending off sensitive info that could potentially be used against us?

Edit: typo

Anyone else get a Tik Tok ad during this video?

The irony is that this video will be demonetized.

Bought a new phone last week of June 2020, TikTok was already downloaded on it. Never opened it, deleted it, still feel like I need to wipe the hard drive to clean it completely.

Ban them based on reciprocity : Western apps, medias, social networks are forbidden in China, do the same to their services. Deny them the influence and revenues.

To be fair, I’ve been using TikTok and at no point have I ever encountered pro-China propaganda.

Found it very ironic to see a “Download Tik Tok now” ad during the video 🤣

US of A Govt: Protectionist at home, advocate of free market abroad.

Soon our internet will be censored like China’s

This will only be the beginning.

The VPN industry is going to love this.

I hate the “The west doesn’t censorship!!” argument in context of China.
The west shouldn’t – but I don’t think China should have the right to the freedoms offered by the west. They shouldn’t be considered a legitimate nation at all – companies within China should be treated as an extension of a rogue state ran by war criminials.

Didn’t Bytedance:

A) Move to Hong Kong from the mainland over privacy concerns
B) After the new laws were passed, announce they were leaving Hong Kong due to the same concerns.

Tad confused here…

old soviet joke
sergei: did you hear, in america, they can critisize their own president

vladimir: what do you mean? we can also critisize their president

I’m Cantonese (Hong Kong chinese ) myself and xi is one of the most powerful man in the world and I have a aunt who still lives in mainland China