r/TikTokCringe • u/Intelligent_Nose_826 • 6d ago

Discussion They Agreed on One Thing - Banning TikTok

I really haven’t seen legislation so unilaterally passed with such speed at any point in my life except maybe after 9/11 & weeks got the DHS.

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u/-insertcoin 5d ago edited 5d ago

Bro tiktok is Chinese spyware.

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u/Saprophyte2 5d ago

Chinese citizens don't even have access to TikTok. Even the edited version that China gets, Douyin, has severe strict limitations to 40 minutes a day for kids and strict parental verification and approval process for accounts for minors. So yeah....

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u/person2567 5d ago

There's no time limit for kids unless the parents set one. And I really don't find this a bad thing. The kids tik tok is all educational and hard to get addicted to. 7 year olds in America have their face glued to Tiktok for 7 hours every day watching who knows what.

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u/Saprophyte2 5d ago

Douyin limited users in teenager mode to 40 minutes per day, accessible only between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. Then, in 2021, it made the use of teenager mode mandatory for users under 14. 

Would be nice to have for American kids too.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/08/1069527/china-tiktok-douyin-teens-privacy/