Comment on TikTokers are calling LA ICE raids 'music festivals' to trick the algorithm

Hirom@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• TehPers@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The platform choices of the general public tend to be like this. Whether the platforms becoming large leads to them being shady, or whether the results of them being shady is what draws people to them, I have no idea.

  Either way, a lot of people use TikTok, and there’s no changing that, at least easily.

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  • Hirom@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In Tiktok’s case, it has been shady for years.

    There were already reports Tiktok censoring dissent in 2019 when it just starter gaining popularity internatinally:

    • Revealed: how TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing
    • TikTok’s Beijing roots fuel censorship suspicion as it builds a huge U.S. audience

    And even earlier, Tiktok’s parent company operate and had its headquarter in China, so it’s forced to comply with the Great Firewall of China, and participate though their own moderation/algorithm.

    Using a media that’s operate (in part) in totalitarian state with heavy handed censorship doesn’t make sense. Even if they have some infrastructure elsewhere, it’s still owned by and answering to ByteDance management.

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