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It was surprising to me seeing the news with Ukrainian soldiers using TikTok out in the field.
by nier 4y ago
It was surprising to me seeing the news with Ukrainian soldiers using TikTok out in the field.
- jbigelow76 4y agoIt's value as a morale/propaganda tool might out weigh the security concerns
- rtkwe 4y agoThere's also just the fact that soldiers are often a bit crap at opsec it just doesn't always get them killed. I have doubts anyways that China would be feeding Russia strike targets based on tiktok usage anyways so they'd be stuck to using the videos to guide strikes based on the nation-state equivalent of GeoGuesser. That can be fantastically accurate but it's much slower generally.
- autoexec 4y agoWhat does tiktok offer in that respect that youtube or just about any other social media platform supporting video couldn't also provide?
- monocasa 4y agoIt's something that GenZ actually uses that is run by a friendly state.
- remarkEon 4y agoIt's interesting in and of itself that ByteDance allows this. Perhaps PLA believes that bleeding Russia dry via America expending all of her reserve weaponry means that that American combat power can't be used in the Pacific. If you squint hard enough, it might actually be in CCP's interest for Russia to extend itself in Ukraine because it means that the Americans spend infinity dollars and burn through stocks of key weapons. It's Machiavellian but it makes sense.
- Max-Ganz-II 4y agoI may be wrong, but to my eye, China has a direct interest in Russia being successful in its invasion of Ukraine : the invasion of Taiwan. China is and has been - as Russia did, prior to its invasion - massively expanding its armed forces. To my eye, there is absolutely no defensive need for this - India is not about in invade, for example. There is only one use for all this weaponry; Taiwan. I swim a lot, and I meet people in the pool. Two weeks ago or so I met a South Korean diplomat - in the pool :-) - and we discussed the situation. South Korea very much is looking to see that Russia is defeated, to discourage China from invading Taiwan.
- alwayslikethis 4y agoChina also has a direct interest in seeing Russia defeated. In the event of a full on Russian defeat, Moscovite power over the vast territories of Russia will weaken greatly, which can allow China to expand its influence in the Russian Far East. Russia has a lot of resources that China needs, such as natural gas, oil, and fresh water. Already, we are seeing Russia selling resources to China at below market rates. This is why I believe the US will take actions to prevent a full collapse of the Russian state.
- drumhead 4y agoThe west will never allow a break up of Russia, it serves as a useful bulwark against China. So they won't allow the Chinese to expand their influence to the Russian far east either.
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