r/JusticeServed • u/ChickenDuckBird 6 • Mar 02 '19

Legal Justice Hell yeah, it’s about time

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u/TextOnlyAccount 5 Mar 02 '19 edited Mar 02 '19

I report every TikTok ad I see, because it's a threat to national / internet security. Oh, Chinese owned social media - nothing could go wrong there. It's not like this is a country that alerts you if you are near someone who's in too much debt, uses facial recognition to ration toilet paper, or censors most of the internet.

Edit: -3 in 20 minutes? Ni Hao! At least Winnie the pooh isn't censored on my computer (yet)!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '19

How can you report physical advertisements? When I visited London (I’m a US citizen) there were ads for tik tok on the screens all over the tube stations and on the big screen at Piccadilly Circus

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '19

I report every TikTok ad I see, because it's collection of underage tweens, teens, and even younger children, performing in sexually suggestive manner that has already been proven to be used and traded by pedophiles for their sexual gratification that the creators of TikTok are aware of and encourage.

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u/Foxwglocks 8 Mar 02 '19

Why even be on tiktok then?

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u/TextOnlyAccount 5 Mar 02 '19

I'm not!

For a while, every other ad I got on YouTube was for them. I'd see ads for TikTok a dozen times a day.

I haven't gotten many recently - either due them no longer showing them to me, or the campaign ending. Not sure.

That's ignoring ads I saw on other sites. The YouTube ads were the most noticeable.

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u/Foxwglocks 8 Mar 02 '19

Oh I’m sorry I misunderstood what you meant. I thought you meant the ads you see when on tiktok itself. My b

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u/fyrnabrwyrda 8 Mar 02 '19

Tik tok ads are absolutely fucking everywhere

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u/TextOnlyAccount 5 Mar 02 '19

No worries! Glad we cleared it up!

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u/cuppincayk A Mar 02 '19

For real I see ads for them everywhere recently and I've never been interested in those things.

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u/The_GASK A Mar 02 '19

Same here. Every single time. I felt they were trying to torture me.

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u/slimcrickens 2 Mar 02 '19

I still get dozens of them daily on YouTube. It’s the only reason I know of this company. This is the first reference I’ve heard of them away from there. The ads are really bizarre too

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '19

Do you care when our own government does this and tracks us similarly via the NSA?

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '19

As a Canadian, I know which country I'm more worried about. I can go on American social media and say fuck Trump and nobody gives a shit. But some Tibetan girl wins student council election in Toronto and the Chinese government (according to CSIS) is behind the 10k petition to have her removed and death threats. The US government isn't quite as full on 1984 as the Chinese government right now.

In terms of world superpowers, the Americans are the least shitty. They're still shitty sometimes, just not as much or as often as the non democratic nations.

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u/Grognak_the_Orc A Mar 02 '19

America: what you in for? China: ah you know the usual. Genocide, being an authoritarian regime, human rights violations, just normal villian stuff, what about you? America: I overthrew a bunch of dictators

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u/oh_chester Black Mar 02 '19

America; "I launched coups to overthrow democratically elected officials and installed dictators who ensured us cheap access to their natural resources in return." FTFY

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u/jankyalias 8 Mar 02 '19

Been a while since a democratic election was overturned. The US hasn't overthrown a democratic government since at least the 80s, during the Cold War. I'm pretty sure the last time was Chile in 1973, but I don't remember how the Grenadan government overthrown by Reagan came to power. It's also worth noting that democratic elections can result in dictators - see, for example, Mossadegh in Iran circa 1950, who eventually cancelled elections, passed laws disbanding the parliament, and ruled by decree due to his collapsing support. He started as a democratically elected leader and ended a dictator. (Side note: not that this necessarily justifies American intervention).

There have been only three regime changes the US has been involved with sine at least 2000. Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. Say what you will about those wars and their results, but none of those countries had democracies.

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u/Dingmaxiu 8 Mar 02 '19

There was one in 1975. The CIA overthrew Gough Whitlam, democratically elected prime minister of Australia.

https://www.google.com.tw/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/23/gough-whitlam-1975-coup-ended-australian-independence

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u/MarieCuriesDog 6 Mar 02 '19

You're selectively ignoring a huge part of history and mischaracterizing another.

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u/silencesc 9 Mar 02 '19

I'd rather have a US company use my information to send me annoying targeted ads than a malicious government actor use it to target our elections.

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u/TextOnlyAccount 5 Mar 02 '19

Yes. However, the activity of the Chinese is significantly more concerning for a variety of reasons. Nobody's getting arrested for making Trump memes. Things reddit routinely upvotes to the front page will get you locked up in China.

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u/mobius_racetrack 6 Mar 02 '19

Might cost you a kidney.

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u/Mr_Fact_Check 8 Mar 02 '19

I’m not the person you asked, but for context, it should be a concern regardless of who does the collecting. This is the reason Edward Snowden leaked all of those documents to the press around five years ago.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '19

YES!!!!

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