rant · moment 14 of 19
TikTok Data Collection and the Banking Crisis Distraction
from Baby's Gotta Go | The Tim Dillon Show #339 · #339
3 min
He compares TikTok's data collection to Facebook and Twitter, and notes the news cycle pivoted from bank collapse stories to TikTok fear-mongering.
- TikTok CEO's pitch: we just want to go to war with China, it's an economic necessity.
- Tim won't defend TikTok but questions the selective outrage over it versus poison food and other dangers to children.
- TikTok collects roughly the same data as Facebook and Twitter, according to their claims.
- The concern is that China might be using TikTok to push theories and radicalize American kids.
- Tim expresses uncertainty about what's real anymore and introduces a TikTok video of someone claiming to be a hawk.
- The fear: China is deliberately making American children into hawks on TikTok.