🗞️ TikTok Tidbits
I recently posted about a bipartisan bill to ban TikTok in the US, which is apparently gaining in popularity. But it appears The Trend Machine has to deal with more than just “what ifs” at the moment.
As state governments ban TikTok on government-issued devices, so do public universities. Bans range from just restricting access on university-issued/owned devices up to blocking access on all campus networks. This should be interesting to watch.
Oh, and, some Chinese Bytedance employees definitely accessed personal info on a couple US journalists over the summer “as part of an unsuccessful effort to investigate leaks of company information.” But don’t worry, they’ve been fired, so everything is fine now. Right?
Not specific to TikTok, but beware of social media scams, especially around holiday gifting and shopping. People lose a lot of money to them, don’t be one of them.