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That's pretty funny. TikTok is literally banned in China, along with Facebook, YouTube and all Google, Wikipedia, Twitter, and even Github. There is an actual f
by kurthr 3y ago
That's pretty funny. TikTok is literally banned in China, along with Facebook, YouTube and all Google, Wikipedia, Twitter, and even Github. There is an actual firewall blocking access, the use of a non-government controlled VPN is a crime. Your iCloud must be stored in China. If you see a post on any social media outlet other than Weibo/WeChat/DouYen/TenCent (which are heavily censored), they are under gov control. This is true even in HK.
See the disappearance of Naomi Wu or Peng Shuai.
- standardUser 3y agoYes, China is a nation that bans thing and censors things, something that in America we at least used to pretend was un-American. Are you taking them for a role model? Or just pointing out the hypocrisy? Either way, I do not intend to learn lessons on governance from the CCP.
- kurthr 3y agoAre you a "free speech absolutist" with all the connotations that has? The users of TikTok seem to be learning from the same group you intend to avoid. If controlling narrative through disinfo and agitprop have no effect, why is advertising so profitable? Do you not think social media can be tuned to optimize viewing time? Why would you want people learning that censorship or misinformation from an authoritarian foreign power is good? What fraction of total media time do you think 12-18yo spend on TikTok? Should the goal be to create a repressive dictatorship here? In any case, comparing the level of control of "major commercial actors often work in conjecture with their government" sounds awfully stretched.
- usernomdeguerre 3y agoThe prisoner's dilemma would indicate that when the other player 'defects' you should retaliate. Not that I like that outcome, but it seems pretty ironclad.