Oracle will operate in partnership with the US government on everything from algorithm retraining to application development and source code review, the White House official said. It wasn’t immediately clear what role the government might have in oversight of the app, its algorithm and user data.
every article just glosses over the fact a major platform that people use to get/share information (with also a lot of personal data collected) is about to be controlled by the US government and a few of the president's friends. No one is talking about how bad this will be its just "china bad'.
I only had an account to watch people livestreams concerts, protests, etc... Imagine the amount of suppression and propaganda if something like the L.A riots/free palestine movement happen again but the government controls what you see.
I agree and even though users should be concerned I think a large amount of people using that platform already don’t care where their data goes, how it’s used or what harmful algorithms can do to a person.
yeah which is sad really, the mainstream has unfortunately given up about it. The few of us who do are screaming into a void, it would take something apocalyptic. Thought the cambridge analytical thing and the election would make people see but money talks i guess.
Oracle will be handling TikTok's algorithm? Okay, so TikTok's back-end workflow/decisioning engine will rapidly bloat up and will need to be completely replaced every two years. Got it.
I can't believe oracle is still such a behemoth. I thought they dissappeared in the 2010s, but they've been steaming ahead doing evil things with shit tons of money this whole time.
Wasn't Microsoft in a bad state during Balmer and it took Nadella to change focus from Microsoft developed products to cloud and selling Linux that saved it?
That's already started after they installed that IDF cunt as hate speech manager. Nearly everyone of my proPalestinian /anti Israel TTs have been muted as 'unauthorized sound.'
This will be illegal in the future, and dangerous not to have received the latest cultural infections.
The police will have ways to know if you have not performed your memetic inoculation
By flashing certain patterns at you and observing your reaction with an AI facial expression analyzer
They will know you have not upheld your democractic duty to remain an informed citizen
You will be sanctionned for you dereliction of duty
and subjected to a memetic reification inoculation
which is a kick and painless procedure where you are simply made to look at a screen for a certain period of time while restrained
It's not desirable to have a foreign government in control of TikTok. But it's far, far less desirable to have your own government in control of TikTok.
With Twitter going down, TT was my next best option for finding niche artiste and fandoms. My algorithm on there was really good with showing me new artists and fandom creators to follow. Idk where I'm gonna go now.
I'm already in the EU, so under the UK branch of the subsidiary. Theoretically, I would be immune to the algorithm manipulation from the US. In practice, who knows. The UK hasn't really been pushing back against US Tech interferences.
Wonder how it would be if they implement it in their database systems. Queries would no longer return data you want, but instead return data you might like to see.
39 Comments
kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 78 pts · 328d
every article just glosses over the fact a major platform that people use to get/share information (with also a lot of personal data collected) is about to be controlled by the US government and a few of the president's friends. No one is talking about how bad this will be its just "china bad'.
I only had an account to watch people livestreams concerts, protests, etc... Imagine the amount of suppression and propaganda if something like the L.A riots/free palestine movement happen again but the government controls what you see.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 328d
There are no protests in LA, and we have always been at war with Eastasia.
chillpanzee@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 328d
It's just Dodger's fans [pissed|happy] about the big [win|loss].
Teal@piefed.zip · 8 pts · 328d
I agree and even though users should be concerned I think a large amount of people using that platform already don’t care where their data goes, how it’s used or what harmful algorithms can do to a person.
kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 328d
yeah which is sad really, the mainstream has unfortunately given up about it. The few of us who do are screaming into a void, it would take something apocalyptic. Thought the cambridge analytical thing and the election would make people see but money talks i guess.
Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 328d
Tiktok will be a fascist propaganda mill & needs to go the way of MySpace.
Use Loops instead.
allywilson@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 328d
Closed beta :-\
NotSteve_@piefed.ca · -1 pts · 328d
Also closed source
kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 328d
They went open-source a week ago!
Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 328d
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 327d
Loops as it currently stands SUCKS and is not a viable alternative.
SavageCoconut@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 327d
What website is being showed in the screenshots?
Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 327d
alternativeto
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 328d
Oracle will be handling TikTok's algorithm? Okay, so TikTok's back-end workflow/decisioning engine will rapidly bloat up and will need to be completely replaced every two years. Got it.
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 327d
Probably why they went for the contract. That's some big money headed Larry's way.
LongboardingLad@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 328d
"Secured" by Oracle.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 328d
I can't believe oracle is still such a behemoth. I thought they dissappeared in the 2010s, but they've been steaming ahead doing evil things with shit tons of money this whole time.
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 328d
It's the same reason IBM still exists. Massive multinational / government contracts keep them alive and healthy.
chillpanzee@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 328d
And Microsoft. Ain't nobody buying SharePoint because it's good.
pressanykeynow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 327d
Wasn't Microsoft in a bad state during Balmer and it took Nadella to change focus from Microsoft developed products to cloud and selling Linux that saved it?
black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 26 pts · 328d
The point of this is specifically to silence those talking about Palestinian genocide.
NotKyloRen@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 328d
Ding ding ding. Anyone who's been paying attention since the beginning should know this.
athairmor@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 328d
They’re going to push right-wing content.
K1nsey6@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 328d
That's already started after they installed that IDF cunt as hate speech manager. Nearly everyone of my proPalestinian /anti Israel TTs have been muted as 'unauthorized sound.'
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 328d
That's crazy, now instead of staying the fuck away from a shitty Chinese social media I'll stay the fuck away from a shitty US social media.
gi1242@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 328d
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 327d
This will be illegal in the future, and dangerous not to have received the latest cultural infections.
The police will have ways to know if you have not performed your memetic inoculation
By flashing certain patterns at you and observing your reaction with an AI facial expression analyzer
They will know you have not upheld your democractic duty to remain an informed citizen
You will be sanctionned for you dereliction of duty
and subjected to a memetic reification inoculation
which is a kick and painless procedure where you are simply made to look at a screen for a certain period of time while restrained
KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts · 3 pts · 327d
Please drink verification can.
beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org · 18 pts · 328d
It's not desirable to have a foreign government in control of TikTok. But it's far, far less desirable to have your own government in control of TikTok.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 328d
Nice. Another racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic anti-American platform.
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 328d
You can just say “American platform”.
Korkki@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 328d
So does this affect only US Tiktok users or is it the whole global Tiktok outside of China that will be sucked up by US?
kokesh@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 328d
Blocked that shit on our household devices (and all our visitors and guest's devices).
purplemonkeymad@programming.dev · 8 pts · 328d
So you'll need to be licensed for each core on you phone that could run tiktok?
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 327d
Does the baseband count? (of course it does!)
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 327d
Great! What could go wrong with ubiquous policing with AI group controling a media platform so powerful congress called it a weapons platform...
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 328d
With Twitter going down, TT was my next best option for finding niche artiste and fandoms. My algorithm on there was really good with showing me new artists and fandom creators to follow. Idk where I'm gonna go now.
pressanykeynow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 327d
Can't you just use vpn?
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 327d
I'm already in the EU, so under the UK branch of the subsidiary. Theoretically, I would be immune to the algorithm manipulation from the US. In practice, who knows. The UK hasn't really been pushing back against US Tech interferences.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 328d
Secured by Oracle? So it's going to be open source? \s
nieceandtows@programming.dev · 4 pts · 328d
Wonder how it would be if they implement it in their database systems. Queries would no longer return data you want, but instead return data you might like to see.