Alleged censorship comes after investors loyal to Trump take over social media platform
  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
    2·
    4 months ago

    So the reason why Tik Tok was not allowed to run as a Chinese company, was not to prevent Chinese propaganda but to allow for US propaganda

    • OrangeSlice@lemmy.mlEnglish
      11·
      4 months ago

      Yes, they literally explicitly said this. There also wasnt even “Chinese propaganda”, the just didn’t care to censor pro-palestine content and that’s unacceptable to the US.

      • edible_funk@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        4 months ago

        There absolutely was loads of Chinese propaganda. That you think there wasn’t is evidence that it worked too. Tiktok was a major win for China in PR and soft power.

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
    1·
    4 months ago

    I have had every single comment of these two photos removed and threatened with a ban. They are actively trying to suppress this.

  • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
    1·
    4 months ago

    Starting to think centralizing the internet into platforms owned by far-right billionaires might have been a bad idea.

  • KneeTitts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    How is this NOT government censorship? How is this NOT a direct violation of everyone’s freedom of speech rights???

    edit: yes I Know tikkk tokkk is a private company, but they are doing the censorship at the direction of, and for the benefit of the white house.

  • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
    01·
    4 months ago

    I yearn for the days when Tiktok was still Chinese spyware, instead of US/Israeli spyware. Leftist agitprop really popped of there for a while.