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53. The big problem with the algorithms is that the user is the product to be monetized

Fri Mar 15, 2024, 10:03 AM

Mar 2024

Our personal data is being looted by the social media companies for their own profit. Our personal data is ours should belong to us.

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The TikTok Problem Is Not What You Think [View all] BootinUp Mar 2024 OP

From what I'm reading............................ Lovie777 Mar 2024 #1

Its a nice illusion. nt BootinUp Mar 2024 #2

Which arm of the USA? mzmolly Mar 2024 #12

Great discussion of the background. cachukis Mar 2024 #3

Why now? Republicans want to buy the platform youth uses. 58Sunliner Mar 2024 #4

I believe it's just part of *rumps' reelection campaign which he started in 2020 Uncle Joe Mar 2024 #72

He flipped because they are trying to buy it. 58Sunliner Mar 2024 #73

I'm under the impression that Tic or Tix Tok will not fall into the................... Lovie777 Mar 2024 #5

Steve Mnuchin is putting together a group to buy it. So there is every possibility that it will. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #7

Where are the links related to all this part about Mnuchin? No one's posting them. ancianita Mar 2024 #38

Yesterday: Ponietz Mar 2024 #63

I see. Thank you. ancianita Mar 2024 #68

Here's where he lost me: Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #6

We will have to disagree. nt BootinUp Mar 2024 #9

Why would you think this... ancianita Mar 2024 #10

They aren't going to use this as a "domestic distraction." This is a right wing attempt to take over social media. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #15

The current situation on Facebook and Instragram/Threads BootinUp Mar 2024 #19

If it gives Tik Tok to MAGA, yes this is really so wrong. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #21

Maybe not. Who knows the mind of the billionaire class but through their actions both seen and reported. ancianita Mar 2024 #28

He has sent you checks for stealth uses of facial recognition gathering and sales. He sent you checks for that. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #32

I hear you. But you need to hear that it COST Zuckerberg. The government you fault will ancianita Mar 2024 #37

And again. I guarantee the cost compared to the revenue was miniscule. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #43

About this... Neither do you know that they do. Why do you think the Biden FTC's tackling this at all. So we DO know. ancianita Mar 2024 #41

Oh, Lord. Have a nice day. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #44

lol you, too ancianita Mar 2024 #62

I fully agree with you. mzmolly Mar 2024 #13

An excellent analysis that underscores just how brilliant Joe Biden's administration is, and how media ancianita Mar 2024 #8

Then the Biden administration should tackle all of the issues mzmolly Mar 2024 #14

I think, while you don't have a fully cooperative legislative branch, you can ONLY do it piecemeal. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #16

Then don't do it now. mzmolly Mar 2024 #47

I disagree with that. Getting any control over this, if that's even possible, will take years if not decades. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #49

That'll sell well. Just like "defund police" - mzmolly Mar 2024 #50

I never said I was for banning tiktok, and I'm not for it. Not sure where you got that. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #52

Pardon my reactionary misunderstanding. mzmolly Mar 2024 #58

No worries! Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #64

Making the perfect the enemy of the good? First things first: build legal precedent. That's not a piecemeal ancianita Mar 2024 #20

Then why aren't they tackling election machines / software first? redqueen Mar 2024 #27

I thought the elections machines' viability had been tested in the courts? Do you have links to back up what you ancianita Mar 2024 #36

It's not good without considering the outcome. mzmolly Mar 2024 #48

Let's deal with it after Biden is reelected & on a more comprehensive level. mzmolly Mar 2024 #11

It will be for moniss Mar 2024 #18

When I look at Tik Tok moniss Mar 2024 #17

And the Cambridge Analytica crap happened because Zuckerberg made it happen in his fully US owned company Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #22

With zero calls to ban it. redqueen Mar 2024 #25

Lots of folks here were quite sneery when concerns were raised. They insisted there was nothing wrong Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #29

Ugh. Glad I wasn't here to see that. redqueen Mar 2024 #31

And installed a team in Trump Tower to help Cambridge Analytica identify likely targets to apply psy ops to to get them Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #34

What makes you think that will not happen mzmolly Mar 2024 #51

Doesn't the Chinese government control the TikTok algorithms? dlk Mar 2024 #23

And Musk controls the X algorithms, and Zuckerberg, who gave Facebook over to Jared to use as his Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #26

Facebook's algorithms aren't near as bad anymore. Elessar Zappa Mar 2024 #33

Are you sure about that? What makes you think so? Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #35

Just personal experience and what I've read. Elessar Zappa Mar 2024 #54

That just means they have identified you as a non-productive target for the right wing. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #56

They are all worse and need comprehensive legislation SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #39

I wouldn't care. I hate social media, for all these reasons, and don't use any but DU. But I don't think anyone Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #45

You may be right that's it's a catch22 SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #46

The big problem with the algorithms is that the user is the product to be monetized dlk Mar 2024 #53

I used to say if you use social media, you have to be aware that is happening and that you are agreeing Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #55

there is no evidence that the chinese government 'controls the algorithm' of tik tok. Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #65

Controls the data... dlk Mar 2024 #67

two different things but not the data either. Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #69

I am disgusted that this issue is being treated seriously while our election system is still vulnerable redqueen Mar 2024 #24

I greatly admire your passion. BootinUp Mar 2024 #30

What makes you think the election system security isn't being dealt with? SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #40

Thread on GD has other articles redqueen Mar 2024 #57

K & R bookmarking FakeNoose Mar 2024 #42

I don't use Tik-Toc, X, Facebook, but I am interested in what happens with DU. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #59

I refuse to accept this argument that we BootinUp Mar 2024 #60

Trump is the bigger danger to our collective mzmolly Mar 2024 #61

I believe this is a situation where we take BootinUp Mar 2024 #66

Argument? It's a real concern. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #70

Not sure I follow what you mean. BootinUp Mar 2024 #71