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WTF is going on with TikTok? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The sequence of events as far as I can recall:

Trump promised to ban TikTok
TikTok was slated to be "banned" in the twilight of Biden's term
Trump says he'd give it 90 days to make a decision
Biden decides not to ban it, handing it off to Trump
TikTok goes dark
It returns, but if you search for something anti-Trump in the United States, you can't find it
Using a VPN will give you that content
Various news outlets are now calling it Trump's "Propaganda Arm"

What the fuck is going on? From a political or technological standpoint.

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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So tiktok is censoring criticism of Trump?

I kinda wanna check that for myself, cuz I find it hard to believe

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[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

PR stunt

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

This is the equivalent of modern day book burning.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

Sounds like the management at Tiktok see it as politically expedient to fluff Trump to be able to continue to have access to the US market.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

Chinese citizens still can’t use TikTok. Curious

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[–] colforge@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Uhhh I’m using TikTok with no VPN in the US and still get plenty of anti-Trump, pro-LGBT, left-leaning content. 🤷

TikTok definitely used the news hype to signal to Donald Trump that they will work with him — by giving him “credit” for making the app available again (even though he wasn’t president yet and didn’t do anything). It’s all propaganda from both the US and China.

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