• @MrMcGasion
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      291 month ago

      I hope you mean Google, they track you all over the web whether you want to be tracked or not just because lazy web developers can’t be bothered to host their own fonts (and other ways but that’s just one example). You have to deliberately download or use TikTok for them to get your data.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 month ago

        Not to mention meta. They’ll do all of the above and when they’re done sell the data to the highest bidder.

    • @Lulzagna
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      61 month ago

      You’re right, Google controls what I see and pushes right wing propaganda to my phone. TikTok’s algorithm actually works to serve me content based on my interests, and I have true political discussion and discourse there.

      • Victor
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        11 month ago

        Google doesn’t push right wing propaganda to my phone. Do they only do that to US citizens?

        • @Lulzagna
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          21 month ago

          I’m Canadian - 2 weeks before the election I started getting about an article per day pushed to my Android phone, for a few days.

          • Victor
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            11 month ago

            Now when you say “pushed to”, where and how did that actually manifest “on” your phone.

            • @Lulzagna
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              21 month ago

              Android will push notifications for news articles that you may be “interested” in. I think it used to be called Google Now.

              Congress is concerned about theoretical propaganda, but it’s a reality in nearly every major news outlet and tech companies, but zero concern when it fits a certain narrative.

              • Victor
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                11 month ago

                Huh. Curious. I’ve been using Google Now, and after that, its successor, for a long time. Rarely do I see any political propaganda. Just sane reporting. I’m based on Northern Europe though.

    • @SamboT
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      21 month ago

      Polly wants a cracker