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• @geedeeznutz @geedeeznutz on x

  NO ONE is talking about Tiktok's latest update on their terms and services -tracks your citizenship/immigration status -Religious beliefs -mental and physical health diagnosis -your race -if you're TRANS or NONBINARY -sexual preferences and orientation [image]

• @robertfreundlaw Rob Freund on x

  No one is talking about it because: 1) That part isn't new.  It's been in TikTok's privacy policy since at least January 2025.  2) It's not unique to TikTok... Privacy laws require businesses to identify the kinds of information that they may collect from you and for what purpose…

• @realdcochrane Daniel Cochrane on x

  New owners, same shenanigans. TikTok continues to addict our children and rend America's social fabric! 👇

• @cdrom.ca Misty De Méo on bluesky

  Saw a bunch of people worried about the TikTok US privacy policy.  This article has a good overview - that part's not new, and the specific wording is because of California's privacy law.  A bunch of other social media apps have exactly the same text in their terms. techcrunch.co…

• @philipmai.com Philip Mai on bluesky

  Is there such a thing as too much granularity when it comes to platform data transparency?  —  Case in point ... “TikTok users freak out over app's ‘immigration status’ collection — here's what it means.”  —  techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/t...

• @broadwaybabyto Kelly on bluesky

  TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.  —  They're collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you're trans or non binary and physical or men…

• @cjsprigman Chris Sprigman on bluesky

  It's so funny that Republicans and Democrats alike were in such a moral panic about how the Chinese gov't would use our TikTok data.  And somehow never for a moment did they pause to consider how right-wing US billionaires would use it. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

• r/popculturechat r on reddit

  TikTok US venture to collect precise user location data

• r/politics r on reddit

  TikTok US venture to collect precise user location data

• r/UnderReportedNews r on reddit

  According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to group based in the US.

• r/LinusTechTips r on reddit

  TikTok users freak out over app's ‘immigration status’ collection

• r/MediaMergers r on reddit

  TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users.  Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

• r/Staiy r on reddit

  Tik Tok sammelt also Daten von seinen Nutzern über Sexuelle Orientierung und Migrationsstatus

• r/technology r on reddit

  TikTok users freak out over app's ‘immigration status’ collection

• @pamspaulding Pam Spaulding on bluesky

  If you haven't heard enough yet to reconsider use of TikTok (now that the regime controls the algorithms), read this from @wired.com about data collection/privacy changes:  — TikTok Adds Precise Location Tracking;  — TikTok Now Tracks AI Interactions;  — TikTok Expands Its Ads Ne…

• @realdavidonline David on x

  🚨 Many red flags in Larry Ellison's TikTok latest Terms and Services update. - The app can now collect exact GPS coordinates, moving beyond general city-level tracking. - Tracks your citizenship, immigration status. - Your religious beliefs. - Your race. - Mental and physical [im…

• @wickdchiq @wickdchiq on x

  “According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US” Perhaps we should temper the Sinophobia https://www.wired.com/...

• @upholdreality @upholdreality on x

  TikTok now owned by Zionist Larry Ellison Immediately updates privacy policy to geolocate your device Protecting you from Chinese surveillance 🙏 [image]

• @maisey @maisey on bluesky

  NGL if you're posting on TikTok you don't care about privacy, so why does it matter, not even batman would get half the shit out of me that people just freely post on there [embedded post]

• @benjedwards.com Benj Edwards on bluesky

  US ownership of TikTok potentially worse than Chinese ownership?  Hmmmm that's how you know something is seriously wrong [embedded post]

• @opfuchs.gay @opfuchs.gay on bluesky

  Public rhetoric: We can't let China have all that *data*  —  Reality: We can't let *China* have all that data [embedded post]

• @robin.berjon.com Robin Berjon on bluesky

  It's funny, I recall all those American technologists telling me seizing TikTok was necessary because China would use it to spy on Americans.  —  Most people who otherwise understand tech have almost *no* understanding whatsoever of how data is collected, where, by whom, or how i…

• @joergscheller Joerg Scheller on bluesky

  Social media is over.  On the one hand, users are incapable of using the platforms for open thinking and are mired in identitarian idiocy, whether on X or Bluesky.  On the other hand, the ownership structures of most platforms are undemocratic and illiberal.  The disadvantages ou…

• @refrag Mike Fragassi on bluesky

  TikTok is now MAGA spyware.  I'll bet anything the data it connects will go to Palantir, and DHS/ICE [embedded post]

• @mysticmuffin @mysticmuffin on bluesky

  I have to say most comments and qrps show people don't read the article because it even mentioned that Twitter uses a similar location tracking thing  —  It's trendy to hate on TikTok but still I don't think it's worth keeping - same with Twitter [embedded post]

• @baseball-broad Claire on bluesky

  To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS:  —  1) put your phone in airplane mode  —  2) open TikTok and go to your profile  —  3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account  —  4) turn airplane mode off  —  5) delete your account  —  Credit to @ kimsair…

• @dozygay Valentine on bluesky

  tiktok is now tracking your precise location and censoring anti-ICE videos.  —  delete that shit.