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It won't happen, but I would like to see the CEO of TikTok ask every single one of the members of the Congressional panel to disclose how much they receive in c
by mikece 4y ago
It won't happen, but I would like to see the CEO of TikTok ask every single one of the members of the Congressional panel to disclose how much they receive in campaign donations from Facebook, Google, and other Silicon Valley companies who are threatened by the success of TikTok.
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- pleb_nz 4y agoI don't know much about the US system or even my own when it comes to donations and lobbying, but I would have assumed this information should be public? That's not the case?
- ergocoder 4y agoIt is public. The CEO can easily find out and publish it now.
- chatmasta 4y agoCampaign donations are not even necessary to introduce bias. The TikTok userbase skews heavily democratic and democrat candidates use it for campaigning far more effectively than republican candidates. So there is already some anti-TikTok bias simply by party affiliation.
- CharlesW 4y agoFWIW, there's research that shows the opposite: https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/research-finds-tiktok-actually-favors-republicans-not-democrats-trump https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/research-finds-tiktok-...
- Spivak 4y agoWhich is why you should be wary of talking about “trends” on TikTok like they’re universal because it reflects your own tastes scary well.