The direct examination of #GeorgiaLongstreet is over.
Now Todd #Blanche, one of #Trump's lawyers, is cross-examining Longstreet.
Defense asks about #MichaelCohen's #TikTok account.
Blanche asks if Longstreet has reviewed Cohen’s TikTok account. Blanche doesn’t ask anything further clearly not seeking to get Longstreet to actually address the TikToks, but to get the jury wondering about them.
Longstreet is off the stand.
#law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference
This strengthens the governments case that #TikTok is being manipulated by a company (ByteDance) that reports to the CCP.
The legal battle may ensue, but it’s more and more apparent that TikTok / ByteDance will fail to present a 1A argument here.
Via @arstechnica https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112332202417085098
@nf3xn the data isn't the point and psyops are going to exist no matter what.
The issue is that you don't want to give the people doing the psyops an easy way to perform A/B sentiment testing on their target population.
The damage from Cambridge Analytica wasn't so much that they were able to test messages like "your elections are rigged." The damage was that they were able to leverage Facebook to identify personality traits that would make someone much more likely to respond to certain messaging.
It doesn't take a genius to say that liking country music makes one more likely to be conservative and respond to anti-liberal messaging. Cambridge Analytica made it easier to identify people who'd fall in the cracks who were stereotype adjacent that could be targeted.
Data... they will get all the data they want no matter how hard we try to stop that. What we don't want to make easy is the ability to use the data in feedback loops to fine tune how they use that data.
"If you’re a new creator and you’ve been trying to grow your #TikTok platform, don’t!"
Imho, if you want to contribute, like in opensource and bring in value for the community - yes you're right. But if you want to make money, TikTok & Co is probably the better way.
Just my 2 cheap cents...
"If you’re a new creator and you’ve been trying to grow your #TikTok platform, don’t!"
https://techcentral.co.za/letter-to-the-editor-tick-tock-for-tiktok/241524/?utm_source=Mastodon
And that's not only because it's about to be banned in the US. According to this article, they've been making changes lately to severely restrict content creators' ability to a) get videos approved, and b) get reach for their short-form videos. Apparently, they're tanking pretty bad.
Unfortunately, the article says that people are moving to Instagram Reels instead. Now, I dunno much about #PixelFed, because I've never been much of a "visual person" when it comes to social media, but wouldn't that be a better option? Do they do something like Reels? 🤔
(If you know, maybe go drop a comment on the article. The more people we can bring into the #Fediverse, the better!)
A leaky database spilled #2FA codes for the world’s tech giants
A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was spilling one-time security codes that may have granted users’ access to their #Facebook, #Google and #TikTok accounts.
When reached by email, a Meta spokesperson did not comment. Spokespeople for Google and TikTok did not respond to requests for comment
Via @TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/29/leaky-database-two-factor-codes/
🧵 …aber weshalb wird in dem Artikel nicht erwähnt, dass Anbieter wie zB #X oder/und #Tiktok sehr gut am #Hass verdient und durch den #Algorithms gefördert werden, den #Emotionen lassen sich besser verkaufen.
«Hass im #Netz: Warum die #Trolle nicht gewinnen dürfen»
🤔 https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000207863/hass-im-netz-warum-die-trolle-nicht-gewinnen-duerfen
Ich habe den Eindruck, dass das Weltbild vieler Menschen heute fast ausschließlich von den sozialen Medien geprägt ist. So entstehen selbsternannte Experten unserer Zeit, die ihre Meinungen auf der Grundlage von 15-sekündigen TikTok-Videos oder Instagram-Memes bilden und verbreiten. Dies zeugt von einer bedenklichen Oberflächlichkeit und einem erheblichen Mangel an Selbstreflexion.
#socialmedia #social #media #bedenken #bedenklich #fediverse #facebook #instagram #tiktok #x #whatsapp
Social Media: Warum es höchste Zeit ist, sich von datengetriebenen Geschäftsmodellen (Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, X) zu verabschieden 👇
#socialmedia #facebook #tiktok #instagram #x #twitter #autonomie #surveillance #hass #hetze #hassrede #respekt #fedilz #datadriven #ausstieg #alternative #fediverse #mastodon
🧵 …ein Artikel (siehe oben) dazu nun auf Deutsch:
«Über Push-Benachrichtigungen – Prominente #iOS-Apps spähen heimlich Gerätedaten aus:
Zu den #Datensammlung zählen wohl #iPhone-Apps namhafter Onlinedienste wie #Tiktok, #Facebook, #Instagram, #Threads, #Linkedin, #Bing und #X.»
Interessanter Abschnitt in den Datenschutzhinweisen von #TikTok. Zusammengefasst besagt dies: Externe Daten(-Quellen) werden zur Vervollständigung des Nutzerprofils verwendet. 👇
https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/de
