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US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Lulzagna@lemmy.world -4 points 8 months ago (48 children)

How?

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (43 children)

Advertising.

[–] Lulzagna@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (42 children)

Source? Examples?

I tried googling, can't find anything that supports these claims

Edit: third party advertisers abusing tiktoks advertising algorithms is not on topic to the original comment that tiktok itself specifically targets children, and tiktok has addressed these issues.

You can downvote all you want, but I've still not been provided any proof that tiktok specifically targets or intends their platform to be for children.

I'm not dismissing the original claim. I'm genuinely curious, but I need logical discourse, not users with mental illness going off on complete tangents.

If you have any cognitive thought or opinionated source that tiktok is a bad faith actor towards the safety or health of children, I'd love to read it. My company builds software, so knowing the failings of tiktok to protect children is in my interest.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-instagram-tiktok-snapchat-children-advertising-2022-harvard-study/

Should I keep finding relevant links for you or do you feel sufficiently foolish enough?

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The comment was

Yes but UNLIKE Facebook and other platforms, Tik Tok is aimed at and consumed by minors specifically.

That study shows the opposite. YouTube benefited from minors over 2.5 times more than TikTok. And it shows every other platform is benefiting similar amounts. In fact, Snapchat has half the number of monthly users as tiktok but has almost identical ad revenue from minors. All the major social media platforms suck and are trying to take advantage of us, especially kids

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm not arguing it's only tiktok. They all fucking suck. The question was how does TikTok benefit off children and the answer is advertising. That's a fact.

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

But the original comment you replied to (edit: not that you replied to, the comment you replied to was replying to a user saying that) WAS saying it's only, or at least primarily, Tiktok.

I only commented because, especially among the reddit and fediverse demographic, there's a fervent dislike of TikTok specifically. I think some people have lost sight of the larger issue, that TikTok is a symptom and not the disease. But it's an easy target because of its early reputation as a dance app for younger users, its alleged ties to the CCP, and its popularity.

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