EU TikTok Hypocrisy Grows As New Investigation Launched
Barely a week after the European Parliament announced use of the app for election campaigning, the Commission wants to look at its danger to children.
Barely a week after the European Parliament announced use of the app for election campaigning, the Commission wants to look at its danger to children.
The U.S. president has followed in the footsteps of the EU by joining the app despite his own bans.
”It’s one thing to consider TikTok Chinese spyware and ban it. It’s another thing to tell yourself that you will use an evil tool for a good cause. To choose both is bizarre and hypocritical” says MEP.
YouTube is owned by Google, a company that removed the “don’t be evil” clause from its code of conduct—which helps explain its current algorithmic setup, best described as evil.
As rioters use social media apps like Snapchat and TikTok to coordinate their violent activity, President Macron’s threat to block the sites has led to accusations of “authoritarianism.”
As dangerous as TikTok is, it’s not the only Chinese creation that deserves closer attention.
France goes further than the countries that have already taken the step of banning TikTok for their agents. ‘Recreational’ platforms such as Candy Crush or Netflix may be next.
The decision by regulators will prevent Facebook from transferring user data from the EU to America and may potentially force the U.S. to conclude a data protection agreement with Brussels.
The social media giant described the decision as being based on “fundamental misconceptions” about security.
The rise of videos celebrating and glamourizing mental illness is one of the alarming consequences of our ‘post-truth’ culture.