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US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm sorry you are getting downvoted, because technically you are right. TikTok will never claim to aim at children or advertise as such because they know they can't provide a safe environment and will open themselves up to lawsuits.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

If you're the type of person who needs a verbal admission of guilt before you can see wrong doing, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Tiktok's stance is rather meaningless because they'd never admit wrongdoing. I'm more curious how does tiktok target children with their platform? How do they lure them to it and why?

Then the conversation becomes: What standards should social media platforms be accountable to?