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		UweSchmidt on Aug 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company The owners of these popular social apps directly control millions, billions of people by presenting them with the content they decide and taking all the data about each individual, with stunning implications. The only ridiculous thing is that this is happening unregulated.

72deluxe on Aug 27, 2020 | [–]

Conversely, your entire statement could be said about Google or Facebook surely???

Thought-provoking for sure. I suppose we are all bystanders in these commercial battles and I am not sure we all win. Sorry times.

coliveira on Aug 27, 2020 | [–]

This is exactly what Facebook is already doing, in a far larger scale!

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