• doctorcrimson@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Means fuck all when they give China blank checks en masse. If I could choose a compassionate dead person or a logical alive one, I would rather Gen Z learned to protect themselves better.

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      9 months ago

      Fuck off with that noise. The whole damn world is giving China money you fool. Who do you think makes everything we consume.

      TikTok is no worse than FB just different governments and from what I’ve seen the USA has done more to harm the world than China. And I’m a Brit that has a government that has committed horrors of epic proportions.

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        9 months ago

        Chinese Exports have very recently plunged as a result of embargoes and tariffs due solely to how the rest of the world views them as a threat. FB Meta is paying a 5 Bn USD FCC Fine for how they handle data, more fines in other nations as well, and is currently in lawsuits in several countries as well. TikTok is worse because when they cause serious irreparable harm they don’t get sued or fined in their homeland: they get rewarded for a job well done.

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        9 months ago

        Everyone who uses it is a threat to themselves and our society as a whole, that is how big a threat I think it is and I wholeheartedly believe China is willing to make full use of the authority they’ve been given. But it’s mostly the kids.

        And I assume this is self reported data, so it’s probably even more children than just that.

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          9 months ago

          Your stats show it’s not just kids…

          Unless you consider anyone under 50 to be kids.

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                9 months ago

                Let’s say for a moment that the largest demographic being actual children and young adults is not substantial for some reason, who gives a fuck? We’re in a thread under a post about GEN Z doing a TIKTOK TREND. My outrage at Gen Z using TikTok is relevant, you’re whataboutism for the other age demographics is pointless.

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          9 months ago

          This shows an almost perfectly even distribution across all age groups …