• Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    You could argue that the perceptions of TikTok as a CCP tool of propaganda is an indirect foreign aid to Taiwan

    God knows how much Russia tries to use social media to turn sentiments against Ukraine

    Ultimately I think short form content encouraging platforms at large need to go down anyways so sucker punching the current biggest offender is right by me!

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      7 months ago

      The only thing I’ve seen about Taiwan on TikTok are videos talking about just how bad China’s casualty rate would be if they tried anything.

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      7 months ago

      Short form content platforms aren’t going anywhere, Instagram Reels and YouTube shorts are just a carbon copy of tiktok. No problems with them, of course, because they’re American.

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        7 months ago

        If only TikTok were paying ALEC and using their cycle-of-rage algorithm to drive gamers to Ben Shapiro. Gotta pay protection money to the mob if you want a business in this neighborhood.

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      7 months ago

      Facebook literally conducted social experiments on a million of their own users and didn’t even get a slap on the wrist. Banning TikTok had absolutely nothing to do with security or stopping propaganda. Anyone that thinks otherwise is a gullible fool.