Minister of Education: In Singapore, children solve Tiktok mathematics and physics problems / How he explains the ministry's partnership with the Chinese platform

Daniel David states that in other countries, such as Singapore, the Tiktok platform is used by children to solve physics and mathematics problems and that the partnership between the Ministry of Education and the social network owned by a Chinese company is “to combat the spread of pseudo-science”.

“I think the industrial revolution is inevitable and we see it under our eyes. Who does not see it, I think it does harm to him and, I do not want to use big words, the children he has. The industrial revolution can not oppose it. Only the technology is not good or bad, it becomes good or we use it, and we use it, Moral, to use in the safety area, that otherwise it develops without us and we are no more controlled, “said Daniel David at a conference called” Views “, which took place on Saturday evening in Cluj-Napoca.

He stressed that not only Tiktok, but all the social networks “can be seen in this logic”, but that the ministry he runs has contacted the representatives of the platform owned by the Chinese company Bytedance because it was more involved in promoting the pseudo-scientific theories and conspiracy theories.

Daniel David, about using Tiktok in countries like Singapore

“You know that if you look, for example, at accounts that come from Singapore, I do not talk about China, that the world could say 'China, there and another regime in which the works are controlled.' See patriotic things, especially in China, it's right, ”explained the Minister of Education.

He said that, on the other hand, in Romania Tiktok see “pseudo-science, pseudo-religion, delirons that are more dangerous.”

“And then I said: 'Ok, science must return to the public space, not only in the physical space, but also in the virtual public space' (…) You will see the following weeks safe spaces in which children with their parents, children with their teachers, children, school colleagues, in which things are of another type, said Daniel David ..

He also said that he recommended and will continue to recommend to Tiktok “a group of tens, they will extend it to hundreds of scientists and cultural people who want to enter that public space to promote something else, so that children and people can choose.”

“I am not necessarily to prohibit things, unless they are aberrant and against the law. But there, humans must be able to choose and so should be seen Tiktok and other social networks,” said Daniel David, given that at the end of last year, discussions about the possible ban on the platform held by the Platform held by the Platform owned by the Platform owned by the Platform held by the Platform held by the Platform held by the Platform owned by Bytedance.

What did the Ministry of Education announced about the partnership concluded with Tiktok

The comments of Minister Daniel David come in the conditions in which the ministry he runs announced on March 11 that he initiated a partnership with Tiktok in a wider public debate. Ministry of Education noted in a statement that:

• He has made a partnership with the National Audiovisual Council for a guide on combating illegal content, which will be disseminated and discussed in the schools/universities. Thus, we encourage the decision-makers decision-makers to popularize this guide in the groups of students/students, their caregivers and the staff in education-research and to protect personal and human dignity in general.
• As a result of a meeting with representatives of Tiktok Romania, the initiation of a partnership was established in which a series of educational activities will be carried out to promote science and pseudo control, including creating on the TIKTOK platform safe, controllable and stimulating for children (lonely and/or with parents).
• Starting from the preliminary preliminary in February this year with the vice-president of the European Commission, Mrs. Roxana Mînzatu, Minister Daniel David expressed interest in initiaing two actions at European level through which: 1. Education-science to enter more strongly in social media; and 2. The existing occupations/professions should be correctly presented to European citizens.

“I see with great sadness in the public space, too many intelligent Romanian and seniors, but overwhelmed by the manipulation of pseudoștiness/pseudoreligia, expressed in aggression and (often) in behaviors for a man (the whispering formula!” It is often a mark in this sense). In prosocial roles, ”said Daniel David at the time, quoted in the press.

“I also see on some social networks young people from other countries, which, together with fun, exemplify and educational-scientific aspects (eg interesting math exercises), while young people with the same potential come to express too often funny and/or unworthy things for a man,” he added.