fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appealwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square283fedilinkarrow-up1621cross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
arrow-up1621external-linkTikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appealwww.bbc.co.ukfossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square283fedilinkcross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·6 months agohttps://nypost.com/2023/02/25/china-is-hurting-us-kids-with-tiktok-but-protecting-its-own/ It’s extremely well documented that TikTok offers extremely different experiences within China than it does elsewhere.
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoI’m just a bystander, China sucks, but referencing a NY Post opinion piece feels a bit like using a Fox News segment as a source. They’re pretty trash.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoThere’s individual sources for practically every paragraph in that article, so I’m not seeing the issue in this case.
minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoOK, so lets say they moderated it the same way here as they did in China… All good now? I don’t think it matters at all how tiktok is actually being managed or moderated in the US - Americans simply do not trust anything Chinese. The cold war never ended.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoBy moderating, if you mean using the same algorithm for the content feed, it would make a significant difference to a lot of people I believe.
minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoNot a chance lol Most americans don’t know a single thing about China, but almost every one of them would tell you that it’s a anti-free speech hellscape. The only thing that matters is that it originated in China. Nothing else they do could change the opinion of the american public.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoOf course it does, and for two major reasons: Chinese law is very different from American law China’s domestic propaganda interests are quite different than it’s international propaganda interests
https://nypost.com/2023/02/25/china-is-hurting-us-kids-with-tiktok-but-protecting-its-own/
It’s extremely well documented that TikTok offers extremely different experiences within China than it does elsewhere.
I’m just a bystander, China sucks, but referencing a NY Post opinion piece feels a bit like using a Fox News segment as a source. They’re pretty trash.
There’s individual sources for practically every paragraph in that article, so I’m not seeing the issue in this case.
OK, so lets say they moderated it the same way here as they did in China… All good now?
I don’t think it matters at all how tiktok is actually being managed or moderated in the US - Americans simply do not trust anything Chinese.
The cold war never ended.
By moderating, if you mean using the same algorithm for the content feed, it would make a significant difference to a lot of people I believe.
Not a chance lol
Most americans don’t know a single thing about China, but almost every one of them would tell you that it’s a anti-free speech hellscape.
The only thing that matters is that it originated in China. Nothing else they do could change the opinion of the american public.
Of course it does, and for two major reasons: