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Elon Musk Questions Whether Tiktok Is 'destroying Civilization' by Teaser4(m): 5:32pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is questioning whether the popular video sharing app TikTok is "destroying civilization." "Is TikTok destroying civilization? Some people think so," he tweeted Friday. "Or perhaps social media in general." The billionaire's tweet came minutes after he responded "hmm…" to a report that Chinese employees at Bytedance, TikTok's parent company, have repeatedly accessed private data from the platform's users in the United States. TikTok has faced heavy scrutiny from U.S. politicians for its Chinese roots. Former President Donald Trump signed an executive order in 2020 threatening to ban the app from the U.S., but President Joe Biden prevented the ban from taking effect soon after entering office. A TikTok spokesperson did not immediately return FOX Business' request for comment. Musk, who entered an agreement in April to acquire Twitter for $44 billion, reportedly told the social media giant's staff at an all-hands meeting on Thursday that while he does find some TikTok videos to be "offensive," the platform "does a great job of making sure you're not bored." "I mean, it does just feel like ADD," he said, according to a recording of the meeting heard by Insider. "But like, next level." Musk emphasized that TikTok's app has "honed the algorithm to be as engaging as possible" and that he wants Twitter to be just as engaging but in a "different way." "TikTok is interesting, but you want to be informed about serious issues as well," he added. Musk believes Twitter has the opportunity to become the Western equivalent of China's WeChat, an instant messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. "You basically live on WeChat in China because it's so helpful, so useful to daily life," he said. "I think if we achieve that or come even close to that with Twitter, that would be a success." In the first quarter of 2022, Twitter's monetizable daily active user (mDAU) base grew 15.9% year over year to 229 million, including 39.6 million daily active users in the U.S. and 189.4 million international daily active users. Musk said at the all-hands meeting that he is aiming for Twitter to hit "at least a billion" users. In September 2021, TikTok surpassed 1 billion monthly active users. Shares of Twitter are down approximately 11% year to date as of the time of publication Source: https://www foxbusiness com/technology/elon-musk-questions-whether-tiktok-destroying-civilization Mynd44 Seun Lalasticlala
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Re: Elon Musk Questions Whether Tiktok Is 'destroying Civilization' by Cypress042: 5:58pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
Question wey no get answer. Elon musk should just focus on buying twitter and leave this question and answer section 1 Like |
Re: Elon Musk Questions Whether Tiktok Is 'destroying Civilization' by Unseen(m): 6:18pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
Social Media - A Virtual place of worship |
Re: Elon Musk Questions Whether Tiktok Is 'destroying Civilization' by MITCHELL96: 6:20pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
Tiktok, New Den for Ashawos and Milf dem |
Re: Elon Musk Questions Whether Tiktok Is 'destroying Civilization' by MITCHELL96: 6:21pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
Cypress042: He bought it already Egghead 1 Like |
Re: Elon Musk Questions Whether Tiktok Is 'destroying Civilization' by Cypress042: 6:28pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
Re: Elon Musk Questions Whether Tiktok Is 'destroying Civilization' by MITCHELL96: 6:38pm On Jun 20, 2022 |
Re: Elon Musk Questions Whether Tiktok Is 'destroying Civilization' by Nobody: 12:58pm On Jun 21, 2022 |
Elon has dipped gis foot in the murky waters of social media platforms ownership, now he don dey jam talk! So facebook(meta) whatsapp, YouTube, Twitter , Instagram and the like are not using subscribers privacy data? Or for riding civilisation (as he put it?) Man... just shut up. |
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