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[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Or, and I know this sounds crazy so bear with me, TikTok has almost 200 million US users and it’s owned by a hostile authoritarian regime seeking to dismantle any vestige of democracy around the globe.

Just spitballing here.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Oh shit was it Byte dance that spread RW propaganda and radicalized a generation of young men in support of one political candidate?

Oh no that was Meta (fb at the time).

How about a company disproportionately allowing one specific sub to violate content and user policies for months, years before acting, effectively allowing Russian propaganda bots to build a grassroots movement from what strated as a parody sub? (r/thedonald, Reddit).

Google has done the same thing via YT, effectively driving specific demographics to right wing conspiracy 🥜 job. At the same time they suppress leftist viewpoints and availability if leftist content.

Big tech wants RW fascism in the US.