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Since it's a hot button conspiracy theorist topic, I need to preface that I don't actually care about the Hunter Biden laptop drama nor the contents of the lapt
by raydev 2y ago
Since it's a hot button conspiracy theorist topic, I need to preface that I don't actually care about the Hunter Biden laptop drama nor the contents of the laptop, but Twitter and Meta actually were told to suppress sharing and discussion of the topic, and they followed orders. It happened. And that's just a recent time that we happen to know about.
> But right now, today, we have a media delivery service, controlled by China, that millions of Americans use. That's a real, present concern.
Again, I am being told that it's a "concern" but without an explanation. What are the material, concrete harms that can come from China directing the content algo?
- sethammons 2y agoThey might make an echo chamber that causes a given party to think they will win and thus less people show to the polls. Do people think China wants Trump? Because everyone on tiktok apparently thought this was going to be a Harris landslide victory.
- blitzar 2y agoWe must have different tiktok feeds. Because everyone on tiktok apparently thought this was going to be a Trump landslide victory
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- raydev 2y agoYeah, that's kinda how all social media algos work. You get bucketed in with the content you engage with and watch the most ie the stuff you likely (but not necessarily!) agree with the most already. It's almost as if TikTok's algo isn't any different than FB or IG or X.