US to Ban TikToK Vote in Congress is Coming

[Graybeard]

US Senate declines to fast-track TikTok bill

A bill that would force the sale of TikTok from its Chinese owners or see it banned in the United States will move cautiously in the US Senate, key lawmakers said, after it sailed through the House.

techxplore.com

Looks like this bill will be tied-up in the US senate and may not be voted on this year ...

 

[Graybeard]

AI Voice Technology Used to Create Conspiracy Videos on TikTok, at Scale

NewsGuard has identified a network of 17 TikTok accounts using AI text-to-speech software to generate videos advancing false and unsubstantiated claims, with hundreds of millions of views

AI Voice Technology Used to Create Conspiracy Videos on TikTok, at Scale - NewsGuard

www.newsguardtech.com

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In reality 17 accounts are minuscule but the number of views is huge ...

 

[azgold]

Can I ask a stupid question?

What is Google and Meta doing with the Chinese data they're scraping from their platforms?

which would undermine the free speech and association rights of millions of people. This bill must be stopped.``<<<

We have so many bills that fall under that category now!

ban tiktok now, its rotting ppls brains

Don't they all? But people have the right to decide if that's what they want to do with their brains.

 

[azgold]

AI Voice Technology Used to Create Conspiracy Videos on TikTok, at Scale

17 is at scale?

NewsGuard has identified a network of 17 TikTok accounts using AI text-to-speech software to generate videos advancing false and unsubstantiated claims, with hundreds of millions of views

That's nothing, the government delivers mis-mal and fake news all the time.

You know, my whole life, I've never had one iota of interest in politics. Trump changed that, couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing. Then we got (and continue to get) our own turn. I still have trouble believing things have gone so wildly off-balance.

 

[OscarMike]

I'm Canadian, too. I know the government banned TT on government phones but it is banned nationally?

Sorry, I don't use it, so I'm uninformed about that.

TikTok is not banned nationally in Canada but TikTok Shop isn't available. I have no idea why TT would make TikTok Shop available in the USA but not Canada.

I've read case studies of dropshipping businesses successfully working with influencers and paying them through a commission via TikTok Shop.

 

[azgold]

@OscarMike , does TikTok Shop work better than other platforms in your opinion?

I'm totally ignorant about TikTok.

 

[Graybeard]

What's behind this --social media is now leveraged in elections media and propaganda of political story-lines. When I see it I will believe it.

TikTok deal to be finalised by Saturday, says Trump

US President Donald Trump has said that he expects a deal regarding the sale of TikTok’s US operations to be finalised by the weekend

www.firstpost.com

 

[azgold]

Things are crazy across the continent. Not good crazy, unfortunately.

Social media plays a huge part in our federal election coming up April 28th. Both for party promotion and dug up, really awful dirt in some cases.

It's good for exposing candidates that should never be given a chance, I suppose. But it's also been good for uniting a huge group of people who are banding together to try and vote out the (very and unapologetically) corrupt party.

When I see it I will believe it.

It seems something is up. Our caretaker PM met with Trump.....both have financial dealings with the Chinese and I'll shut my mouth about the rest of it now. Some stuff regarding that has also come out in the socials over here.

 

[Graybeard]

Caveat emptor. You should not assume social media is a reliable information source --fact check any post that makes claims that are questionable.
AI is manipulative in social media

 

[vankhanh]

Thật buồn vì nó không được sử dụng ở đó

Translation (Google) added by Admin: It's sad that it's not used there.