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It's honestly incredibly lucky for us that the Chinese propagandists couldn't resist pulling the bias trigger over issues that don't really matter. Talk about
by justrealist 3y ago
It's honestly incredibly lucky for us that the Chinese propagandists couldn't resist pulling the bias trigger over issues that don't really matter. Talk about keeping your powder dry.
They could easily have pretended TikTok was a neutral actor until they needed to sway US opinion over Taiwan (or something bigger). Instead they made the control obvious on a dozen issues and are going to get cut off way earlier.
- alephnerd 3y agoHaving travelled across Asia, TikTok has definetly played a major role in helping build Chinese soft power. Vietnam for example is fairly anti-China due to memories of the Sino-Vietnamese War, the PRC's support of the Khmer Rouge (edit: spelling), and the South China Sea dispute, but in my experience views among the younger generation have started to trend towards a Chinese view of the world because of TikTok. South Korea and Japan still have massive soft power in the region, yet products like TikTok are definetly undermining it.
- SR2Z 3y agoIt's also been a huge part of why Gen Z skews extremely anti-Israel, IMO. There is a _massive_ anecdotal gap between TikTok users and people of the same age who avoid it in my experience. (not to say that criticism of Israel's handling of the war isn't valid, of course)
- alephnerd 3y ago[flagged]
- robocat 3y agoDo you think that Hamas (or supporting countries) has successfully been using psyops/propoganda? Anti-Israel skew is not being driven by government interests. Well, except for multiple hamfisted footguns by Israel (where their influence has backfired causing harm to Israel).
- op00to 3y agoI think it's other actors (China, Russia) who are driving discord in the rest of the world, including stoking the fires in the middle east.
- Biganon 3y agoSmall nitpick: Khmer Rouge*
- alephnerd 3y agoDoh! Fixed.