The AfD was twice as effective at reaching first-time voters on the app than all other parties combined, according to an analysis of platform data. This may explain why the party performed so well among young voters.
Which is why we should either ban them or force them to make their algorithm public.
Being a Chinese company, you have to be very naive not to assume close ties to the Chinese state.
As a system rival, China is more opponent than partner and allowing them to operate such a network of influence, while they tightly prohibit any unwanted information themselves is foolish.
You are right on those points, but it’s always easier to police/regulate local corporations than foreign ones since you have more tools at your disposal.
With foreign networks, you can only really levy fines and ultimately threaten to ban them from the country.
Thing is, it mostly amplifies what u interact with. If youre an eastern german diesel head with racist friends, then thats what you get. More afd bullshit to Spam blue hearts under.
My feed is very leftist, afd-critical and pol-sci focused.
Thus it cultivates whatever memes prove themselves most infectious. Whether the content is overtly political or not, algorithm-driven social media like that is a weapon of mass delusion.
It can be for sure. I’m just adding to the convo, it’s not as black and white a “weapon” as these tyor of articles make it out to be.
Its a lot more nuanced and has a lot of good coming from it as well.
Which is why we should either ban them or force them to make their algorithm public. Being a Chinese company, you have to be very naive not to assume close ties to the Chinese state. As a system rival, China is more opponent than partner and allowing them to operate such a network of influence, while they tightly prohibit any unwanted information themselves is foolish.
It’s time to tighten the grip.
YouTube does the same as TikTok and is arguably controlled by the US state too, why not ban all social media owned by corpos?
I mean, I know this won’t be a popular opinion, but it’s a huge security risk to allow any non-european social network.
I don’t think the origin is the site really matters as long as there is good oversight.
We are at a very uneasy point:
You are right on those points, but it’s always easier to police/regulate local corporations than foreign ones since you have more tools at your disposal.
With foreign networks, you can only really levy fines and ultimately threaten to ban them from the country.
Thing is, it mostly amplifies what u interact with. If youre an eastern german diesel head with racist friends, then thats what you get. More afd bullshit to Spam blue hearts under.
My feed is very leftist, afd-critical and pol-sci focused.
Thus it cultivates whatever memes prove themselves most infectious. Whether the content is overtly political or not, algorithm-driven social media like that is a weapon of mass delusion.
It can be for sure. I’m just adding to the convo, it’s not as black and white a “weapon” as these tyor of articles make it out to be. Its a lot more nuanced and has a lot of good coming from it as well.