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TikTok removals up 150% following U.S. joint venture(cnbc.com)
40 points by gehwartzen 9 hours ago | 7 comments
  • hmm37an hour ago

    I'm curious if you could just sideload the international version, or are there checks/it automatically accesses the US servers based on location.

  • xarope6 hours ago

    perhaps due to this?

    "TikTok's new US joint venture has made changes to its privacy policy that include expanding the type of location data the company can collect from its 200 million American users.

    The new policy was published after investors closed a deal with TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance on Thursday to run the popular short-form video app's business in the US.

    The new joint venture said in its updated privacy terms that it may now "collect precise location data, depending on your settings" - a change from the previous policy which allowed for the collection of "approximate" location data."

    [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgnj7v2rr5o

  • sam0x175 hours ago

    Everyone is getting Skylight instead. TikTok is literally blocking the ability to use the word Epstein and pretty much all leftist content, reports of this all over social media

  • sudonem7 hours ago

    I mean really… it’s for the best.

    • mc327 hours ago |parent

      Indeed but also odd that quitters are citing "updated terms" for their exit but those terms mirror terms from 2024 -i.e. collecting the same information as before...

      I think that means that they weren't paying much attention to the terms they now find unsavory.

      • k12sosse6 hours ago |parent

        China collecting information on you is ok because they're thousands of miles away.

        But AMERICA collecting information on you when they're next door currently waterboarding your neighbor gives people the heebeejeebees

        • ramon156an hour ago |parent

          If I were American I would be afraid of what my government does if I talk about Epstein a lot. In the most extreme case they would arrest you (theyve arrested/threatened got less). China does not care