Aug
2021
Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
@myteacherface #teachersoftiktok #tiktokteachers #teaching #teacherlife #teach #tiktokteacher #grease #broadway #musical
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more on TikTok in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=tiktok
A great thread on the use of #TikTok for education:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/769573510340016/
with several good examples of TikTok use in the classroom:
https://www.tiktok.com/@sutherlandphys
https://www.tiktok.com/@sutherlandphys
https://www.tiktok.com/@leighbeez/
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more on TIk Tok in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=tik+tok
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More about TIkTok in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=tiktok
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more on TikTok in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=tik+tok
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to prohibit US companies from doing business with Tencent, which owns WeChat and nearly 50% of Epic Games, which makes Fortnite and Unreal Engine. Tik Tok has until September 20th to sell to Microsoft or another American company or it, too, will be banned. Is this because some Kpop fans on Tik Tok spoofed a Trump rally in Tulsa?
Privacy analysis of Tiktok’s app and website
byu/iamkeyur inprogramming
https://rufposten.de/blog/2019/12/05/privacy-analysis-of-tiktoks-app-and-website/
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/tiktok-ueberwachung-daten-kritik-1.4709779
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more on TikTok in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=tik+tok
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/cyber.2021.0324
The intervention effect on well-being was partially mediated by a reduction in total weekly self-reported minutes on SM. The intervention effect on depression and anxiety was partially mediated by a reduction in total weekly self-reported minutes on Twitter and TikTok, and TikTok alone, respectively. The present study shows that asking people to stop using SM for 1 week leads to significant improvements in well-being, depression, and anxiety.
A Senate hearing this week and a new law in Europe show how “transparency” advocates are winning
the Platform Transparency and Accountability Act, was introduced in December by (an ever-so-slightly) bipartisan group of senators.
“YouTube, TikTok, Telegram, and Snapchat represent some of the largest and most influential platforms in the United States, and they provide almost no functional transparency into their systems. And as a result, they avoid nearly all of the scrutiny and criticism that comes with it.”
When we do hear about what happens inside a tech company, it’s often because a Frances Haugen-type employee decides to leak it.
Cruz expressed great confusion about why he got relatively few new Twitter followers in the days before Elon Musk said he was going to buy it, but then got many more after the acquisition was announced.
The actual explanation is that Musk has lots of conservative fans, they flocked back to the platform when they heard he was buying it, and from there Twitter’s recommendation algorithms kicked into gear.
As usual, though, Europe is much further ahead of us. The Digital Services Act, which regulators reached an agreement on in April, includes provisions that would require big platforms to share data with qualified researchers. The law is expected to go into effect by next year. And so even if Congress dithers after today, transparency is coming to platforms one way or another. Here’s hoping it can begin to answer some very important questions.
https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/india-orders-vpn-companies-to-collect-and-hand-over-user-data/
A new government order will force virtual private networks to store user data for five years or longer.
The directive isn’t limited to VPN providers. Data centers and cloud service providers are both listed under the same provision. The companies will have to keep customer information even after the customer has canceled their subscription or account.
India has a history of applying a heavy hand to online activity.
In April, India banned 22 YouTube channels. In 2021, Facebook, Google Twitter ended a tense stand-off with the Indian government when they largely complied with the government’s expanded control over social media content in the country. In 2020, the country banned over 200 Chinese apps, including TikTok, and ultimately banned 9,849 social media URLs.