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You can blame the first amendment for that. The first amendment doesn't apply to China, so the Chinese government tells Douyin what content is undesirable and i
by sangnoir 3y ago
You can blame the first amendment for that. The first amendment doesn't apply to China, so the Chinese government tells Douyin what content is undesirable and it gets filtered/censored. Is that what you want to happen in the US? Or did you think Douyin was intentionally leaving money on the table due to patriotic fervor?
- freedomben 3y agoI'm just speculating, but my guess is it serves both purposes. Filling US youth with destructive stuff is also excellent for engagement. Two birds one stone
- sangnoir 3y agoIs it the United States' policy to fill middle-eastern youth with lascivious/wanton content, or do social media thirst-trap pictures just have excellent engagement? In both cases, the operators don't have to actively boost that content, and it also is profitable, so they won't voluntarily remove it until forced to do so (by the government or public).
- somenameforme 3y agoOne could also appeal to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other such sites here. These sites are absolutely filled with 'less than socially valuable' content. Yet when degenerate content also shows up on TikTok it's somehow because of some convoluted Chinese conspiracy. And this conspiracy is presented with absolutely no evidence of merit, instead relying primarily on appeals to prejudice and bias - 'Come on man, don't be stupid - it's China!' The same sort of logic that could be used to make essentially any claim, regardless of its basis in reality.