• ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      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.

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        4 days ago

        There’s individual sources for practically every paragraph in that article, so I’m not seeing the issue in this case.

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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      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.

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        4 days ago

        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.

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          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.

    • sugar_in_your_tea
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      Of 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