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I don't think a social network is like a book. It's more like the postal system. TikTok is not saying anything themselves. They are transmitting communications
by mantap 6y ago
I don't think a social network is like a book. It's more like the postal system. TikTok is not saying anything themselves. They are transmitting communications that other people are saying to each other (in the form of short videos).
- room500 6y agoTheir algorithm is their speech. If users had to address their videos to each other and they were delivered FIFO without priority, I would agree that they would be neutral. But TikTok (and all social networks) are using algorithms to promote some content and demote others. This algorithm is an extremely powerful voice. In 2016-2018, everyone was concerned about foreign countries influencing the election by running bots/ads on Facebook. Following the election, there were many policies put into place to try to prevent this bad behavior [1]. Fast forward to 2020 and there is documented proof of a foreign country controlling a social media algorithm and we aren't concerned? [1] https://about.fb.com/news/2018/12/inside-feed-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior/ https://about.fb.com/news/2018/12/inside-feed-coordinated-in...