Tiktok is a short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese Company ByteDance. The app is used by 2 million people globally. In 2021 Cloudfare ranked Tiktok as the most popular website in the world. In 2022 U.S. , U.K., Norway, the EU Parliament, Belgium, Canada and New Zeeland banned government employees from installing the Chinese social media app TikTok on their phones. The applications is banned for use by all citizens in Afghanistan, Armenia, India, Iran and Syria. Proponents of banning TikTok argue that the Chinese government uses the app as an espionage tool to collect data on users worldwide. Opponents argue that the internet should remain open and giving governments power to ban Tiktok would lead to more government regulation of the internet.
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No, require TikTok to disclose "Your data will be collected and stored in China" and let the users decide.
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no you shouldnt ban it but there should be an age restriction of 16 and older and make sure kids/young children understand the bad sides of social media. E.g more education about social media in schools
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No but we should use the platform to message human rights, values, ideologies, and truths that are messages for Chinas consumption, paid and presented by Nz government. Tik Tok - the new United Nations.
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Only if it is a ban on any app or platform collecting data for non-commercial purposes (i.e cannot be sold, given or somehow received by a government/intelligence agency)
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No, but there should be more education about what data is being collected and where it is going
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no but there should be more laws in place that regulate how companies mine data
The fact that the "yes" option specifically calls out China collecting data rather than companies like Google and Meta means it does not cover the reasoning it should
I would also say no but these things should have more regulations (TikTok is a prime example but most social media platforms have issues with driving engagement over utility)
No but there should be both age restrictions and time limits by age group
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No, but we should focus on other things china is doing
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Tik tok is a backdoor to disinformation, meta data mining, loss of privacy and surveillance.
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No, we love tiktok and we rely on tiktok to spread news to young people
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It should be regulated so that misinformation doesn’t spread
No, but there should be more age restrictions on social media apps AND ban the use on government issued phone
No, but should be banned from any government device.
This would be a silly game of whack a mole. Bans of any form of literature never work as intended. We need to be more clever to tackle misinformation and hacking.
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The government should only ban posting of crimes and violent behaviour on Tik Tok
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Donald trump and tiktok ban the websites to scammers use not allowed in new Zealand and Australia troops with Japan prime minister said
No, but more regulation about social media companies needs to be put in place
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They should be regulating how companies are using our data anyway.
No, but educate younger people on why it is bad.
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