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Majority of Americans Say TikTok Is a Threat to U.S. National Security (variety.com)

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About 59% of Americans say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a new survey of U.S. adults.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The US exports social media platforms all over the world.

Beyond that, many mostly older folks don't understand TikTok, even more than most social media, and because they don't understand the culture of it, they have decreed it a bad influence out of ignorant fear.

Yes, I'm sure China does mine the data, as do we. If my government wanted its citizens to "rah rah murica" in the global powers dick measuring contest, it shouldn't have legislated civic buy in away for the last 50 years to make the owner class richer at everyone else's expense.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/18/the-wealthiest-10percent-of-americans-own-a-record-89percent-of-all-us-stocks.html

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