TikTok agrees to $400m settlement to resolve US children’s privacy litigation (www.theguardian.com)
from Vinkar@programming.dev to privacy@lemmy.ml on 23 Aug 07:47
https://programming.dev/post/55468461

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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip on 23 Aug 10:50 next collapse

This is not law but a business model.

eldavi@lemmy.ml on 23 Aug 15:52 collapse

it’s part of the outflow column on the spreadsheet and $400m is how much they make on a lazy sunday afternoon.

FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works on 23 Aug 16:14 next collapse

On top of the privacy effects, short form video (SFV) is degrading everybody’s cognition.

High-frequency SFV use was consistently associated with attentional disruption, reduced executive functioning, and emotional dysregulation. Several studies reported increased anxiety and compulsive use, though findings were heterogeneous.

And a firehose of mis and disinformation.

TikTok Is a Misinformation Minefield.

Lots of reasons to help our friends and family get off it. Mental health effects, targeted disinformation, and privacy loss.

ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Aug 16:19 collapse

$400 M is the penalty for destroying our species. Will we ever get justice for anything ever again?

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works on 23 Aug 17:22 next collapse
umbrella@lemmy.ml on 24 Aug 07:02 collapse

only if we do it ourselves instead of relying on obviously captured institutions.