• cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 days ago

    Hey I have a question, if the US go ahead with the decision of making tiktok sell its US wing, are the privacy concerns over? Would tiktok be seen as a regular app like Instagram? Don’t get me wrong I hate any kind of doomscrolling app.

    • tal@lemmy.today
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      5 days ago

      First, I think that the concern is national security, not privacy. I don’t expect that it’d necessarily have a privacy impact one way or another.

      Second, if you’re located in Europe – I notice you’re on a .de home instance – I’m not sure whether this would have any direct impact for EU users if just the US operations are sold.