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I found the lack of discussion of TikTok compared to the amount of heat Twitter and Facebook have been getting before and after the election surprising. Do peo
by Firebrand 6y ago
I found the lack of discussion of TikTok compared to the amount of heat Twitter and Facebook have been getting before and after the election surprising.
Do people disregard it because they think it’s just dance and funny videos on there? There is a lot of political content if you go down that rabbit hole, and it’s ready to be seen by a much more young and impressionable user base compared to FB and Twitter’s.
- rasz 6y agoRussian run '5 minute crafts' clickbait farm tipped their toes into political manipulation on both FB and YT, and it seems nobody picked up this story?!?!? https://www.lawfareblog.com/biggest-social-media-operation-youve-never-heard-run-out-cyprus-russians https://www.lawfareblog.com/biggest-social-media-operation-y... Forbes even ridiculed the idea completely 2 years ago https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2017/09/22/these-two-russian-fake-news-outfits-get-billions-of-hits-on-facebook/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2017/09/22/these-two-... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvqa8dsBtno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvqa8dsBtno