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#Legal #Surveillance #GDPDR #China #TikTok
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#Europe needs to protect its citizens from foreign interference, not only from #Chinese platforms like #TikTok, #Temu, and #Shein, but also from the likes of #Meta and #X. #GDPDR needs an upgrade:

Via #ZeyiYang from #Wired

"Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (#PAFACA),...

👉By comparing #TikTok’s data security ...

wired.com/story/tiktok-defense

WIRED · TikTok's Defense Strategy Involves Throwing Shein and Temu Under the BusBy Zeyi Yang
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> “It’s almost like they recognize that technology is influencing kids’ development, and they make their domestic version a spinach version of #TikTok, while they ship the opium version to the rest of the world,” #TristanHarris, cofounder of the Center for Humane Technology and a former Google employee, told 60 Minutes. But I don’t think that the difference between the two platforms is the result of some sort of conspiracy...
technologyreview.com/2023/03/0

MIT Technology Review · How China takes extreme measures to keep teens off TikTokBy Zeyi Yang