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[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Oh no! Big tech company bought out my barely functioning, small, energy inefficient AI business! Whatever will I do with these wads of cash!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh cool! Now the govt can create data collection regulations and ban TikTok if an investigation shows they are in violation of those laws! Oh yeah, I forgot it is just foreign adversaries potentially collecting US data that is the problem. Thank goodness they are strong arming TikTok into selling itself to a pre-existing media company instead!

[–] [email protected] 70 points 7 months ago (8 children)

From the article, the data collection hinges on a bot going into a public server then scraping the history. Still a problem that Discord should act on, but it looks like there is no need to worry about private servers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Well I have news for you, https://finalspaceends.com/

It probably won't be done for a while, but it is actively being worked on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Final Space, kinda like a better Rick and Morty. Not an amazing series and it definitely did not age well, but it has it's moments.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Regardless of philosophy, what you experience is real to you. I try to live in a way where I can just enjoy life without negatively impacting others. Much of what is seen as "success" is a social construct. Obviously, this is not possible for everyone in this silent recession. Hopefully that changes within the next few years, but my hopes aren't too high. But yeah, if this is a persistent feeling and not a worldview thing, hit up a therapist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Which forces Tiktok to sell or be banned, correct? The issue I see is: why not just create regulation for the root problems instead of just focusing on that app? The only reason I can see, is that their priorities do not lay with protecting people, but forcing a foreign business to sell it's IP to strictly American companies. Wether that decision has to do with the intentional or unintentional promotion of the US's direct involvement in the genocide in Gaza or just Big social media companies lobbying for the removal of a competitor, we can only speculate. Both sides are doing their best to push this bill, when have the (R)s collectively banded together to create positive change? The point being, reading the bill is cool and all, but you do have to ask, "Why target a specific company instead of the alleged problems of foreign adversaries getting their hands on our data?" If we had hard data collection and selling regulations, it would not only allow them to ban predatory apps (foreign or domestic) but also ensure sensitive data cannot even reach our enemy's hands.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

What are your sources saying the reasoning for the bill is?

https://archive.is/Iu8yu

https://archive.is/hu22e

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (4 children)

So they are going to put in place some hard data collection and selling regulation, right? Right?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I can't wait for people to start inserting disruptive code using white colored text in their resumes.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I am extremely tempted to @ some guy who was shilling for nvidia and saying they weren't a monopoly.

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