"Converted into a Propaganda mill" my ass... What is it now if not a Propaganda mill
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Its already turning into Ziotok
Is that z as in Zionism or gen-z or ruzzia? Or a little bit of all
Gen z and younger are consumers of tiktok. It's important for conservative parties to shore up their future bases. We already saw effective other platforms were
It is being sold to Larry Ellison, one of the biggest donors to Israel. So you bet TikTok is going to be filled with IDF thirst trap propaganda soon.
Soon? Its been for a while now.
US media fell for it again award. This is how Trump always negotiates he announces a "deal" that's actually just his initial offer and then calls up whoever it is and begs them to play along and not embarrass him because he already announced it, which works on NYC construction contractors but Xi doesn't give a shit.
Asked about final control of the app’s algorithm — a central question in the legality of any deal — he said that was “being worked out” and that American investors are “going to have control over it.
I wonder if they'll actually sell the code source... that would be surprising. The best they'll get may be just a compiled version they can't do anything with.
Like the backpedaling of Trump's T1 phone to initially be claimed as "Made in America" until being publicly called out, not only by inquisitive people but also by a company furthest along in producing a fully "Made in USA" phone. The T1 phone marketing has been relegated to featuring a "proudly American" design.
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Kind of sad that you have to root for a fascist dictator prick to keep the fascist wannabe dictator prick in check.
Well, we root for the more rational and predictable dictator.
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I remember when Rupert Murdoch's company, News Corporation, bought Myspace. Maybe US TikTok will see the same fate
Tiktok's popularity is already going downhill, so it checks out.
It will lose its luster when there is a noticeable political slant.
Ok, but didn't they buy Myspace when it was already getting less popular and a lot of people had switched to Facebook?
I would make a joke if this wasn't deeply, deeply worrying.
This is how the Nazis solidify support in genZ and genAlpha.
America is fucked.
A lot more than America becomes fucked when tiktok becomes owned by these guys. It'll become their global platform to radicalize youth Nazis from one corner of the globe to another. Time to hope the youth outside America are smart enough to see thorough this, but if our recent Canadian election was any indication then they are not.
A lot more than America
I agree, but this is just tiktok in America. Everywhere else, users remain on the global version.
'America is fucked' because this comes alongside everything else - control of the media, control of all branches of government, building the paramilitary Gestapo (ICE) etc. The whole western world is at risk but America is further down the road.
Wdym by that last part?
This is your reminder that tiktok has always been brain rot and you need to delete your account and app.
The fact it was bought by Nazi's to spread their propaganda is just one more reason for people to delete the app and give them the least amount of views possible.
I would love to start a petition to ban tiktok in states once they turn it into GestapoTok. I mean the right is all about states rights right?
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Don't worry.
The Dems are just about to write a sternly-worded letter.
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Shout-out to every dumbass that thought just because that bill to give the president to unilaterally designate companies as foreign companies national security threats and ban them was being passed during a democratic party Presidency, that meant the ACLU and EFF were wrong and this was actually a good thing. The most popular easily abusable legislation of the past ten years.
Don't support government powers that you wouldn't want your opposition to possess. They will be in power someday, bet on that no matter what. Especially stupid stupid after 2020 Portland federal law enforcement disappearing people it should have been clear that the powers of the executive should have been limited before it was going to inevitably be in the power of opposition again but nope, Tiktok bad because China makes us feel insecure.
Stupid bill and stupid people that were, I know ACLU and EFF are against it but TikTok needs to be banned, dumbasses - a bill can be written that targets a single company rather than a blanket power to block out any company from that selection of countries. Of course now that it is law, a willing congress - an inevitability - can remove the country specifics or add any and for some reason dumbasses after 2020 were like - it won't be abused
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TikTok? I haven't even seen a pendulum clock in decades.
All these kids and their tikkity toks and instant grams
It was already a propaganda mill. Now it will be for the Nazis instead of China.
Now it will be for the US fascists instead of chinese fascists, Nazis were german.
It will actually be for both! Emphasis on the part of the article where it says China will still have a stake of 20% in the company, AND they get to keep the algorithm.
All the US is doing is buying up physical assets and infrastructure, and the user base. The juicy bits they wanted, they didn't get. Everyone is likely going to jump off of TikTok the moment it comes time to segment the US market from the Rest of the World. China doesn't have to do a thing because Douyin is already maintained separately for the Chinese market.
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Oh it's been working for GovCo and Israel since it came back from the 1 day ban and Chou started licking Chumps ass. The change was immediate and noticeable.
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Is it not already a propaganda mill by convention? I assumed that was part of the deal to continue operating.
It wasn't always purely right wing propaganda, they want it full right wint propaganda,
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Trump insiders claim
Suuuuuuure. I'll believe it when I...actually probably never.
Young people decide what's popular, if you fuck it up they will bail for another platform. Hopefully someone spins up a competitor quickly to grab the people in between the forced "new app"
Dude Facebook hasn't been cool in a decade and it's still very much a thing
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You're underestimating the propaganda machine . All those right-wing influencers didn't get to the top of every chart because young people decided them to be popular.
Susan Wojiciki genuinely spearheaded the rise of the far right on social media by giving endless support and exposure to the likes of the Paul brothers, Mr.Beast, and right wing commentators who regularly broke ToS but rarely if ever got banned or demonitized for it.
She truly was the Ronald Reagan of social media personalities. May she burn in Hell.
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If I was in the USA, I would be ready to run real quick. The crackdown on the left is just beginning, get ready for massive surveillance, fully controlled media, reeducation camps, etc. GAFAM are all bending to the dictator. It's not a question of if, it's a question of when and how.
Myself and most of my family are fleeing next week, and I’m still worried that this infection will spread to where we’re going. They want this to be global.
The crackdown on the left is just beginning
lol bruh the state erased the left like 80 years ago.
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