• LavaPlanet@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Omfg. What a trash article. Great examples of the spin the politicians are trying on, of tiktok. because people can use it to unite against an unjust system and that made them scared and therefore launch a negative campaign and force a take over of the whole app. I mean, come on!! Such a bad article.

    There’s more misinformation on fb. Marky Z, when asked why he let’s all a that just spread around, said, he thinks people can just tell stuff is lies by looking at it. He knows that isn’t true.

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      5 months ago

      I mean tik Tok is shit though. The fact that FB and X are also manipulative and shitty doesn’t really prove your point.

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      5 months ago

      An authoritarian government as evil as China’s having power over that platform compromises it. Tiktok escalates content that hurts western governments but downplays content critical of China. How many times have you heard about the ongoing Uyghur genocide and the over 1 million Uyghurs still imprisoned in China on Tiktok? Israel’s genocide of Palestinians is boosted everywhere because it makes America look bad. While all attention brought to work against genocide is good, it’s important to note China has their finger on the scale pushing down content against their interests. China does things just as worthy of Tiktok activism and it is ignored by the algorithm on purpose.

      Decentralized social media is really the best option for public discourse in the long run.

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        5 months ago

        So TikTok bad 'cos it allows criticism of the US… and Facebook, Youtube et al good? Seriously?