• NastyNative@mander.xyz
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    22 hours ago

    censorship??? there are a ton of other apps that do the same. China censors people and created a credit # for them to punish them if they dont act they way the gov wants you to act. What are u on about?

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      21 hours ago

      An app has been shut down on the unsubstantiated claims that it was a tool of foreign influence but on the apparent reasoning that it was facilitating conversations that western social media is hostile to such as the Israeli extermination of Palestinians.

      Palestine and Gaza were specifically cited by congresspeople as an inspiration and justification for the ban. It is plainly censorship. That’s not really debatable.

      Whether or not you believe that the censorship was reasonable or if there is sufficient evidence of subversive foreign influence using the platform is possibly debatable, but the fact that it is censorship is not.

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      21 hours ago

      Omg china has a credit # for their people? Thats evil! Good thing we dont have a Credit Score in the freedom country. And yeah its not censorship if you can get around it! Especially if its shutting people’s communication down for our freedom and safety 😎🦅🇺🇸

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        19 hours ago

        Ours is an actual credit system based on money not theirs… they want to control and brainwash you and I gotta say they are doing an amazing job! In a few days this app will be gone hopefully! Also if it was about money they would have sold it they didn’t cause they know its a tool they need to keep brainwashing people.

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          19 hours ago

          You clearly dont even know what their system is. Their only “credit system” is the sesame seed thing that two of the big companies use its not a government thing punishing you for wrongthink. Also to think we’re not brainwashed in the US is ridiculous.

          America and China are the two most propagandized countries but at least they have the excuse of not being the most powerful country for the last century while still actively committing multiple genocides and denying their citizens healthcare or housing.

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          19 hours ago

          It’s no one’s job but your own to filter through propaganda. And everything you’ve claimed is propaganda.

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                17 hours ago

                You must have a lot invested in that particular shitposting app.

                You don’t have to attach yourself to everything you enjoy. It’s okay to leave yourself some wiggle rook to learn and grow.

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                  14 hours ago

                  I have learned and grown way more on tiktok content than I have in public education or any other social media app.

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                  17 hours ago

                  Tiktok, like anything else, is what you make of it.

                  And everyone else that I’ve heard with that same sentiment has never even been on it.

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                    16 hours ago

                    This right here - if you ever use TikTok, you really quickly realize why it’s so successful. To deny its success is just plain willful ignorance.

                    I’m Canadian, but so much of the content I consume is from Americans so I hope it stays.