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Majority of Americans Say TikTok Is a Threat to U.S. National Security

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

The majority of Americans — about 59% — say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a recent survey of U.S. adults. The findings from Pew Research Center’s…

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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2y ago

Majority of Americans Say TikTok Is a Threat to U.S. National Security

variety.com /2023/digital/news/tiktok-national-security-threat-americans-survey-1235665763/

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Well of course they're going to percieve a place where alternative ideas and organisation takes place as a threat
- Nothing there is all that alternative.
  
  As an avid user of both TT and Reddit (now lemmy obv), I can say the content and perspectives between the two have some parallels (both lean left) but also some very stark differences (TT leans younger and has a more early internet style chaotic energy).
  I’m not saying the security concerns aren’t warranted. But the idea that so many people on here are so onboard with sacrificing a platform because they don’t get it is kinda disheartening. Especially given how concentrated social media is getting under the Meta umbrella.
  I feel like many people on here still view the platform as the app where people dance to music, which isn’t representative of what the app is at the moment.
  
  This can vary greatly. As a Canadian, I get served a bunch of conservative content on a fresh TikTok account.
  
  I'm not american. My country had basically built out a strangle hold on traditional media, facebook and is building it on other sites like instagram and twitter. The only platform that not been affected at all is tiktok. Instagram and Twitter is tankfully heavily fighting back the government propaganda but on tiktok, there is just none. Not sure if it's because of the algorithm it uses or simply they don't consider it a threat but there is a ton of liberal counter-culture which I'm sure the government would not be happy about if they found them.
  
  I get a lot of content about socialism, communism, guerilla gardening, permaculture. Not very mainstream imo
  
  The algorithm is very good at sending you more of what you've liked or searched for. If you're not mainstream then neither will your content be.

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