Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY
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@Durrell I would say that #tiktok is the most dangerous app ever. The content presented is 100% controlled by the algorithm and can be used to manipulate users. By promoting content creators with the "correct" bias they will influence users in the directions the owners want. And continuously consuming the feed is not good for mental and physical health.
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Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
@Durrell So, if you are daft enough to have a tiktok account, now your data goes to Trumpistan and China! Result!
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Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
@Durrell note that this is the US TOS that was updated.
The EU/UK/CH TOS haven't changed since August 22, 2025, and TOS for regions outside the US, EU/UK/CH, that TOS has been updated December 1, 2025.
But also, some of this is just legal boilerplate that has been used on other platforms, INCLUDING Mastodon's TOS, such as:
"By creating, inputting, publishing, and otherwise providing Your Content on or to the Platform, you grant TikTok USDS Joint Venture a license to use Your Content that is:
- non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free (you retain the rights to use Your Content elsewhere, although we don't owe you any payments for sharing Your Content with us)
- assignable and sub-licensable, including through multiple tiers (so we can, for example, work with service providers and business partners to help distribute Your Content); and
- worldwide (so we can show your content to a global audience)." -
Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
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@ReggieHere Because you don't actually follow anyone, TikTok just selects what you see. Such algorithms is now predominant on X and Meta so the differences are diminishing. TikTok has just perfected this from the start,
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@Durrell note that this is the US TOS that was updated.
The EU/UK/CH TOS haven't changed since August 22, 2025, and TOS for regions outside the US, EU/UK/CH, that TOS has been updated December 1, 2025.
But also, some of this is just legal boilerplate that has been used on other platforms, INCLUDING Mastodon's TOS, such as:
"By creating, inputting, publishing, and otherwise providing Your Content on or to the Platform, you grant TikTok USDS Joint Venture a license to use Your Content that is:
- non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free (you retain the rights to use Your Content elsewhere, although we don't owe you any payments for sharing Your Content with us)
- assignable and sub-licensable, including through multiple tiers (so we can, for example, work with service providers and business partners to help distribute Your Content); and
- worldwide (so we can show your content to a global audience)."@Durrell there's nothing in the US TOS regarding clipboard use, voice or face data extraction from images, extracting contacts from your phone, location data or keystroke patterns.
legalmiga on threads (https://threads.net/@legalmiga/post/DT11_ZmFHYZ) hasn't provided any links or sources to these claims. Sure, it can be inferred that TikTok does that just like every other big tech social media app (e.g. Facebook, Twitter), but that's not new, and they mention this at the end of her thread. But at least she's a real attorney, which is nice to see.
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@ReggieHere Because you don't actually follow anyone, TikTok just selects what you see. Such algorithms is now predominant on X and Meta so the differences are diminishing. TikTok has just perfected this from the start,
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This is fine, I will grab the screens already sent here, not sure if we will convince people to switch from tiktok to loops, but in a few months time, we can be confident if people moan about this, we can say 'told you so' months ago.
Hopefully this is another window to promote fedi and how things can be done differently if there is the will to do so.
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Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
@Durrell Tiktok sucks. It does not work right in Firefox.
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Me too, Social media HAS to change, but perhaps in such a way when young people are ready to sign up there is a good-informed set of choices.
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Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
I just wonder what about other social apps, like reddit, Instagram... Etc
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Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
@Durrell ...do real people use tiktok still? asking for a friend.
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Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
A workaround to delete your #TikTok account without accepting the new TOS.
1. Turn off your phones wifi/data
2. Open app and click settings
3. Go to account page
4. Turn wifi back on
5. Delete account
The TOS popup won't appear when the internet is off. Being on the account tab prevents it.
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@Durrell Alt text, image 1: Durrell 1/22/26 Bluesky
#TikTok updated its Privacy Policy (Jan 22,
2026).
(Credit legalmiga on threads)
TikTok collects everything you upload, including drafts you never post
DMs + messages are collected and reviewed
Al prompts & Al responses you enter are stored and used to improve their systemsImage 2: Durrell 1/22/26 Bluesky
They access clipboard content when you copy/ paste into the app
Contacts can be pulled from your phone if syncing is on
Faceprints & voiceprints can be extracted from your videos
Location data (approximate by default, precise if enabled)
Keystroke patterns + device behavior are trackedImage 3: Durrell 1/22/26 Bluesky
Activity can be linked across multiple devices
TikTok shares your data with advertisers + analytics partners
Your activity can affect ads outside TikTok
Opt-outs exist but you have to manually manage them
Public videos can appear on Google, news sites, and aggregatorsImage 4: Donald J. Trump
@reaDonald Trump
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I am so happy to have helped in saving TikTok! It will now be owned by a group of Great American Patriots and Investors, the Biggest in the World, and will be an important Voice. Along with other factors, it was responsible for my doing so well with the Youth Vote in the 2024 Presidential Election. I only hope that long into the future I will be remembered by those who use and love TikTok. Thank you to Vice President JD Vance, and all of the others within my Administration, who helped bring this Deal to a very dramatic, final, and beautiful conclusion. I would also like to thank President Xi, of China, for working with us and, ultimately, approving the Deal.
He could have gone the other way, but didn't, and is appreciated for his decision. PRESIDENT DONALD J.
TRUMP
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@ReggieHere Because you don't actually follow anyone, TikTok just selects what you see. Such algorithms is now predominant on X and Meta so the differences are diminishing. TikTok has just perfected this from the start,
@dagb @ReggieHere @Durrell you can follow people on tt. It has two timeline views, one with the content of people you follow and one that is algo generated (For You page)
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@dagb @ReggieHere @Durrell you can follow people on tt. It has two timeline views, one with the content of people you follow and one that is algo generated (For You page)
@dorian Aha, I did not know you can follow others.
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@skynebula @Durrell @aral looks like a wonderful opportunity to delete all of them then
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Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
@Durrell Am I missing something? They get your clipboard contents when you copy and paste into the app. Isn't that how the clipboard works?
And pretty much everything else there sounds like what Facebook does. What's really different?
Mind you, I deleted Facebook and WhatsApp long ago for this kind of stuff. But most people don't care.
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A workaround to delete your #TikTok account without accepting the new TOS.
1. Turn off your phones wifi/data
2. Open app and click settings
3. Go to account page
4. Turn wifi back on
5. Delete account
The TOS popup won't appear when the internet is off. Being on the account tab prevents it.
@Durrell smart
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A workaround to delete your #TikTok account without accepting the new TOS.
1. Turn off your phones wifi/data
2. Open app and click settings
3. Go to account page
4. Turn wifi back on
5. Delete account
The TOS popup won't appear when the internet is off. Being on the account tab prevents it.
If you're not logged in already, or if you've already received the pop-up, the workaround is to do it from your desktop. The website on the desktop still has the pop-up, but you can still work around it and never click accept.
