• Melllvar@startrek.website
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    7 months ago

    I’ve actually read the law, so no one has to tell me that it really, actually is about privacy. I know that it is.

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      7 months ago

      Lemmy users are just going to believe whatever they want to believe, instead of actually checking the facts.

      It’s 100% about privacy. Data collection, and algorithm manipulation to sway what users see in the interest of the Chinese government. If users think Russian interference is a problem, we’ll this amounts to the same thing.

      • RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 months ago

        the Cinese government

        So it’s about foreign policy and not privacy. Or does the law somehow affect Facebook products too which are the same crap from an individual privacy perspective?

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      7 months ago

      It’s about privacy in the same way “protect the children” bills are about protecting the children.

      Narrator: it’s not.

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      7 months ago

      If it was actually about privacy then the US would be introducing data transparency and control laws (which only kicks in here if TikTok doesn’t sell to a US company). Whether it’s the US wanting to stream their own bullshit to kids or just that sweet sweet ad revenue, this is in no way about privacy or “protecting the children”.