china is in a race to dominate the world and it's doing it by eliminating its competition
using tiktok subversion tactics to be specific china's plan is to understand and manipulate the
minds of its enemies through the power of social media and as bad as that sounds already there's
even more to be worried about this two-faced invention is really not what you think it is
in china tiktok is referred to as douyan a strict and principled parent that censors monitors and
punishes its users depending on the content they enjoy outside of china it's tiktok the liberal fun
cool and easygoing parent you know the one you'll love to introduce to all your friends why is this
experience of tick tock so different in china than it is outside of china when it's essentially the
same product in this video i explore the many questions surrounding tiktok is it a spyware
machine that surveils and monitors its users or is it an innovative way for people in countries
like china to share content with one another without relying on traditional media outlets
or networks of friends they know well enough but don't always trust completely it was discovered
that tiktok was secretly accessing users clipboard information and a beta release of apple ios 14 on
national security reasons the indian government also announced that tiktok would be prohibited
in the country in a fox news interview secretary of state mike pompeo indicated that the u.s was
definitely looking at blocking the platform shouldn't we be considering right now tonight
a ban on chinese social media apps especially tick tock we're certainly looking at it and according
to fbi director christopher wray china is the greatest threat to the united states security and
prosperity in such a society tick-tock's seemably unstoppable rise was always going to be tested
all these raised the brows of some other members of the public and they saw through the scheme but
many others are still ignorant dancing for the likes and shares and it's not their fault most
people simply aren't patient enough to read the fine print a look into tick tock's privacy policy
will scare you we use the information collected from you and your interaction with the platform
and other third-party sites and apps to infer your likely interest to provide you with more relevant
advertising this information tells us about websites you visited apps you've downloaded and
purchases you've made so that we can predict what else might interest you in the future and assess
how effective the advertising on our platform is under the how we share your personal data segment
there's a list containing third parties they share said data with business partners
payment providers service providers analytical providers advertising and advertisers networks
law enforcement sales or merger and public profiles and one more thing our corporate group
if this holds true which it does then bite dance which is the corporate partner of tiktok in china
definitely has its american and every other user's data around the world no wonder a former employee
of tick tock said that bite dance employees are able to access u.s user data this was
demonstrated in a circumstance where a tick tock employee needed to compile a list of global users
including americans who searched for or interacted with a specific sort of material that is those who
search for a specific phrase or hashtag or liked a very specific category of videos in order to
obtain such information this individual had to contact a data team in china users individual ids
were included to help the team get the information needed but in turn it meant that bite dance has
access to any information tick tock had about those users the closed ties between tiktok and
its parent company go far beyond user data the former employee said and the boundaries between
tick tock and bite dance are so blurry that they're almost non-existent even the technology
and product development aspect of tick-tock as an app comes from its bite dance employees in china
and the chinese laws already set in place don't give bite dance the chance to say no
when the government calls for any of its users data whether it's now or in the future
according to chinese laws these companies operating under their rule have to be on whatever
side the government needs them to be unlike its competitors facebook instagram google and other
similar apps who reserve the right to refuse to share their users data with the government
because of the law protecting users data where they operate so with over 1 billion monthly users
as of september of 2021 is it possible that the chinese government could broadcast propaganda to
sway the opinions of a large amount of people who use the app of course this won't be the chinese
national anthem or something so plain to see it'll be through short dances trends and hashtags
so subtle you won't even know as your views and opinions start to shift it can also restrict
information and propaganda that it doesn't want to see on its platform shutting down voices that
might try to speak against the evil that is the chinese government as kids we played lots of
games and employed different tactics to win one of which was to distract our opponents if you
can eliminate the competition you can literally walk majestically to the end of the finish line
and this is the greatest threat of tick-tock the psychological effect it has on its users
according to statista tiktok has over one billion monthly users the highest of any social media app
a shocking 47.4 percent of tick-tock users in the u.s are aged 10 to 29 with 25 aged 10 to 19
tick-tock has 50 million daily active users in the u.s meaning 18.68 of americans with mobile
internet users log in every day with the majority of them being young people this just shows that a
significant portion of its users are minors whose perspectives on lives are shaped by what they see
these young brains are fed unrealistic sensationalized and misleading depictions
of people's lives through social media prompting them to set an unhealthy standards for themselves
all social media platforms do this but tick tock's platform interface as always sets it apart from
the competition tiktok is a recommendation based platform that doesn't take much thought you don't
need to go out and select the people you want to follow or the topics you enjoy heck you don't
even have to sign in to start being fed content just start swiping and before you know it you'll
spend hours on the app being fed content that you never asked for but somehow now come to enjoy this
is why people who use the app become so immersed in its content and spend more time gulping them
without questions because really where's the time to pause and reflect on what you just watched
in addition tick tock restricts videos to 3 minutes or less this means that the app's
content must be lively and fast paced with each swipe stimulating the release of dopamine causing
them to crave and return for more because the brain has identified that activity tick-tocking
as a trigger for the release of dopamine now let's talk about the creators of said content which are
also the users in the heat of the lockdown tick tock rescued many from boredom and plane isolation
we saw the rise in viral trends of all sorts from dances to food to costuming to makeup
while it kept many entertained during the pandemic it gradually penetrated the minds of young people
now the craze for fame of the platform has seen people subject themselves to all forms
of stupidity and nonchalance people would record themselves doing ridiculous and risky acts and
in minutes it's trending and soon everyone else is doing it we saw the crates challenge go viral
as people threw caution to the wind and climbed unstable heights just to get likes and follows
the latest trend that has recorded 80 deaths is the blackout challenge where users especially
young users hold their breath till they pass out i imagine how stupid it may sound just
hearing me say that but you would be surprised at the number of engagement trends like this get
it's appalling although a tick tock spokesperson debunked the rumor saying
that the trend predates the existence of the app and wasn't initiated on the app the face waxing
trend with suffocation hazards the scalp popping trend the back cracking trend and all other body
defacing trends this app is scene do not predate its existence and even if they do they certainly
gained popularity on the app many of these users who engaged in said trends suffer the
consequences of the app and the alarming increase in emergency care arising from tick tock trends
is getting health professionals worried this then brings us to ask the million dollar question
who or what controls the distribution of this content the algorithm well according to tick tock
the system recommends content by ranking videos based on a combination of factors starting from
interest you express as a new user and adjusting for things you indicate you're not interested
in too but i bet you it doesn't stop there with so much questionable content finding its way to the
top of the platform it begs the question does it use the same algorithm to control its home-based
platform dooyan or is it only the tick-tock users outside china that get plagued with
this ridiculous content well not so shockingly the algorithm for dooyan doesn't recommend videos of
people shaking their butts and doing silly dances they reward videos that educate so an engineering
marvel and all around improve the cognitive ability of young chinese children it gives them
good morals to emulate and things to look up to so they can become top professionals in the world
remember what we said about distracting your competition while you get ahead exactly tick tock
recently launched a new creator next initiative allowing more people to profit from the material
they create for the short video platform they not only receive cash as they thank you from viewers
but they also receive redeemable diamonds from tick tock while this may appear appealing it
only makes it more difficult to rescue these young minds from the beast's fangs because now it's not
only a quest for attention it's a quest for money and that's a double-headed serpent that will be
incredibly difficult to fight against if we truly believe that our youth are the leaders of tomorrow
and the future is in their minds should we really be sitting back and watching their minds rot
or should we be vexed into taking action against this platform do let me know your thoughts in the
comments section below thank you very much for watching and see you guys in the next