0x815@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 months ago"The problem with TikTok is not whether it is based in China or the US. The problem with TikTok is TikTok." - (Tuta blog)tuta.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1116arrow-down1external-link"The problem with TikTok is not whether it is based in China or the US. The problem with TikTok is TikTok." - (Tuta blog)tuta.com0x815@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
TikTok is a social media app that tracks an incredible amount of data. A change of location will not change this.
minus-square0x815@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoChina critics like Dong Guangping and Gui Minhai disappeared from Vietnam and Thailand, only to resurface in Chinese prisons. […] dissidents have simply disappeared from Thailand and Hong Kong before re-emerging in mainland Chinese custody. You’d really find a lot more examples on the web.
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoAuthoritarian regimes often kidnap their own citizens in other countries, yes. That’s not really what we’re talking about here though
China critics like Dong Guangping and Gui Minhai disappeared from Vietnam and Thailand, only to resurface in Chinese prisons.
[…] dissidents have simply disappeared from Thailand and Hong Kong before re-emerging in mainland Chinese custody.
You’d really find a lot more examples on the web.
Authoritarian regimes often kidnap their own citizens in other countries, yes.
That’s not really what we’re talking about here though