Technology

59982 readers

2435 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

165

TikTok faces calls for ban amid claims of anti-Israel ‘indoctrination’ (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Wanderer@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

35 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 97 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wild that the answer to young people being exposed to literal genocide and having an opinion about it, isn't to try and do something about the genocide, but to call it indoctrination and try to ban it.

Make it make sense.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They ban it because TikTok won't do western propaganda exclusively. You can't even say in the media that Israel is wrong, even if you use 100% documented sources.

[+] FunkPhenomenon@lemmy.zip -20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

[removed by mod]

[–] themurphy@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sure what you mean. FDA is protecting consumers, right?

From their website:

The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.

I can't see how this is related to propaganda. FDA is protecting, propaganda is hurting and misleading.

[–] redfox@infosec.pub 1 points 9 months ago

I'm sure there's someone who thinks the FDAs take on some issues is propaganda.

These days, we seem to blur all the meaning behind things.

What's the difference now between an opinion or view that you disagree with, and propaganda? People assert everything is propaganda of some kind.

Same thoughts about hate speech,.jokes about stereotypes,.etc. I'm in no way advocating for hate speech by the way, people just have very broad views on these things now.

I'm not sure how platforms can allow freedom of speech without hate speech and propaganda, it's all based on views, priorities, morals,.values, and a society's tolerance of certain things.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 months ago

Well, if you inherit a sum of money and just eat through it, it only lasts for so long.

If you inherit institutions and just expect them to be there, they only last for so long.

Life is violent and there's no end of history.