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TikTok is hitting a much broader slice of the US population, and getting a much broader slice of political opinions. And it's connecting all these people and al

TikTok is hitting a much broader slice of the US population, and getting a much broader slice of political opinions. And it's connecting all these people and all these opinions. You can find communists and nazi's on TikTok, building communities, and getting their voice out. The administration hates TikTok because it is potentially destabilizing. The FBI's concern is not that it's foreign influence, but that it's allowing internal movements to gain traction. Just as the FBI suppressed internal movements throughout the 20th century they want to suppress this new medium that may threaten the status quo. Now I don't want to see the US fall into chaos, but neither do I want to see a world where political change is stifled, which is what the FBI wants to do here.

rosmax_1337 4y ago
Can you actually find nazis on Tiktok? I believe they have a pretty clear policy against hate in general which they apply just as liberally as for example facebook and youtube does.
- advisedwang 4y ago
  TikTok's policy enforcement is pretty unreliable - sometimes it's very overzealous and sometimes it leaves bafflingly obvious stuff up. Folks on TikTok are pretty good at gaming it, there's lots of substitute words used and so on. You won't see people saying "I love Hitler" or something, but you will hear Nazi ideology rephrased.
p0pcult 4y ago
Ever heard of "The Foundations of Geopolitics"? According to Wikipedia, the prescription for destabilizing America is: "Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States to fuel instability and separatism, for instance, provoke "Afro-American racists". Russia should "introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

rosmax_1337 4y ago

Can you actually find nazis on Tiktok? I believe they have a pretty clear policy against hate in general which they apply just as liberally as for example facebook and youtube does.

advisedwang 4y ago
TikTok's policy enforcement is pretty unreliable - sometimes it's very overzealous and sometimes it leaves bafflingly obvious stuff up. Folks on TikTok are pretty good at gaming it, there's lots of substitute words used and so on. You won't see people saying "I love Hitler" or something, but you will hear Nazi ideology rephrased.

p0pcult 4y ago

Ever heard of "The Foundations of Geopolitics"? According to Wikipedia, the prescription for destabilizing America is: "Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States to fuel instability and separatism, for instance, provoke "Afro-American racists". Russia should "introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics