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   Karl Bode (karlbode@masto.ai)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 04:48:24 JST Karl Bode

   tiktok isn't absent of privacy, natsec, and surveillance issues, but 90% of the "ban tiktok" sentiment in Congress is mostly driven by racism and Facebook protectionism

   this is not a regulatory body that actually gives two shits about consumer privacy or security

   https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/07/tech/congress-bill-bans-tiktok-america/index.html

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     Karl Bode (karlbode@masto.ai)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 04:49:03 JST Karl Bode

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     and if they gave the slightest shit about consumer privacy they'd pass a meaningful privacy law for the internet era and regulate data brokers

     but they simply don't, and so much of the tiktok hyperventilation in Congress (and at the FCC) is entirely performative

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     Karl Bode (karlbode@masto.ai)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 04:49:04 JST Karl Bode

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     also if congress gave two shits about national security, they would meaningfully combat corruption and avoid making NYC real estate conmen with fourth grade reading levels president

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     Karl Bode (karlbode@masto.ai)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 04:57:10 JST Karl Bode

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     so you ban tiktok with a giant patriotic flourish

     but you leave data brokers unregulated and refuse to pass a privacy law

     dodgy and unregulated international data brokers turn around sell all the same (probably more) sensitive user data to chinese intelligence anyway

     problem solved ???