←back to thread

Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada

(www.cbc.ca)
423 points empressplay | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 23:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
joshdavham ◴[06 Nov 24 23:38 UTC] No.42071299[source]▶
> "Most people can say, 'Why is it a big deal for a teenager now to have their data [on TikTok]?' Well in five years, in 10 years, that teenager will be a young adult, will be engaged in different activities around the world,"

I’m technically Gen-Z (but just barely) and this is something that really worries me. It’s become increasingly normal in recent times to share absolutely everything online but I’ve got a pretty grim feeling that this isn’t gonna end well. People don’t realize that the AI’s being trained on your data today will act as an internet history that you can never delete.

replies(4): >>42071406 #>>42071493 #>>42071740 #>>42072003 #
gerdesj ◴[06 Nov 24 23:56 UTC] No.42071493[source]▶
"As ye sow, so ye shall reap"! errm, soz for the Biblical ref.

If everyone is spewing (sorry ... sharing) pics on TikTok, X and co then you won't stand out from the crowd. Unless those pics involve something too controversial.

I have an internet history that stretches back to Compuserve and I've always used my real name, which may or may not have been a good idea. Many years ago I decided not to give myself a silly pseudonym because I thought it would be futile and counter productive.

  Cheers
  wonky231
replies(2): >>42071649 #>>42071743 #
JumpCrisscross ◴[07 Nov 24 00:14 UTC] No.42071649[source]▶
> If everyone is spewing (sorry ... sharing) pics on TikTok, X and co then you won't stand out from the crowd

You’re assuming people are consistent. You may have been photographed doing the same thing as all your peers, the fact that your photo can be highlighted unfavourable is ample ammo for proven lines of character attacks.

replies(2): >>42071757 #>>42071865 #
1. gerdesj ◴[07 Nov 24 00:37 UTC] No.42071865[source]▶
"You’re assuming people are consistent."

People are consistent but the media is not and the audience is far bigger than anyone can imagine. This is the Brave New World. We all know things are changing rather fast. Back in the day, I'd write a letter to someone - yes pen and ink (obviously being modern, I had a cartridge pen). Nowadays I pick up the phone and shout at the little twit who tries to hide behind email. OK we had phones back in the day but a call to say Australia (I'm in the UK) had a 2 second latency and a price in the £ per minute range. I remember the handover of pulse to tone dialing.

Nowadays we have an embarrassing array of communication methods and forums to chat and shout in and be heard all around the world (should anyone care to listen).

Yes you can be picked out and I suggest you be a little careful there but this is the world that we find ourselves within.

I was forced to read 1984 in 1984 when I was a lad. We also had Animal Farm and Brave New World on the reading and discussion list at school that year.

My doorbell looks at you (1)

  Cheers
  Noddy871

  (1) It is on a VLAN that can't see the internet and Home Assistant looks at my doorbell