If we hypothize that we’re already in a sort of cyberwar where different nations apply these platforms to influence the people of other nations to their selfish gains, TikTok can be thought of being the enemy whereas Youtube/FB/even Twitter are sort of friendly.
Or well, that’s how it should be, but in the real world all of these platforms are used by the enemy to influence us. With TikTok they just hold all the levers.
If we hypothize that we’re already in a sort of cyberwar where different nations apply these platforms to influence the people of other nations to their selfish gains, TikTok can be thought of being the enemy whereas Youtube/FB/even Twitter are sort of friendly.
Or well, that’s how it should be, but in the real world all of these platforms are used by the enemy to influence us. With TikTok they just hold all the levers.
Up til tuesday I’d thought the same, but now I guess they are all problematic for democracy.