What's going on with TikTok getting banned? (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago by Mothra@mander.xyz to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world

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Not that it personally affects me- I'm not in USA and it's one of the platforms I dislike the most. But I can't find a concise explanation for why.

I've searched for news articles and those I found either don't address the reason behind the ban and talk about US politics, or are vague about it, saying it would collect user sensitive data.

I've also found lists of countries banning TikTok from government devices, okay I understand that, and some countries banning it completely because of cultural sensitivities, which I doubt is US' case.

Fair enough. What kind of user sensitive data would it be collecting? Isn't this what most social media apps do already? What makes TikTok stand out in this regard?

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[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Something about tictok and another app being able to recompile portions of code on the device itself so that detection was avoided , but also gave full access to a lot of the phone that permissions should not allow

[-] Creosm@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I believe that's temu, I can't find info on tiktok doing that, atleast from the surface level search I did.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

I will look for the tech podcast

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