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TikTok vaguely disputes report that it’s making a US-only app (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I used to be neutral on the ban until I read about their politically-motivated content moderation and how they push certain narrative into people’s feeds.

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Like every other media outlet, or publisher? I could not care less about what they are pushing, it will be abused.

[–] IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are we still talking about TikTok or is it Facebook/Twitter/every US social media site?

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

None of them have been as aggressive as TikTok. Most US social media companies have failed to curtail right wing bigots but that a separate conversation from TikTok tbh

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I read about their politically-motivated content moderation

Links? What kind of "politically-motivated content"?

I'm pretty sure they're banning TikTok because reality/truth tends to disillusion the youth and liberate the oppressed.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/briefing/tiktok-ban-bill-congress.html

Yeah your links don’t address the actual data disparities though. I love Vox but that article is super naive.

Edit: and the other link doesn’t really say much else