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Just to add on: I don’t imagine discussion of what’s happening to the Uyghurs is getting much traction in TikTok either. Movement against TikTok started start
by surfaceofthesun 2y ago
Just to add on:
I don’t imagine discussion of what’s happening to the Uyghurs is getting much traction in TikTok either.
Movement against TikTok started started with the Trump admin well before Oct 7, 2023 [1].
I think this is less Israel / Palestine and a better explanation lies elsewhere. Namely, that anti-China sentiment has been growing for a while now and Meta has plenty of money to burn (on the Metaverse, Lobbyists, etc.)
The actual law was passed after accounts of spying on Hong Kong citizens were made public [2].
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1 — https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-tiktok/ https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/ex...
2 — https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-china-bytedance-user-data-d257d98125f69ac80f983e6067a84911 https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-china-bytedance-user-data-...
- lordofgibbons 2y agoThe effort to ban tiktok stalled for a few years due to public backlash. Only after the strong shift in sentiment by younger Americans on Israel's genocidal actions did the effort renew with vigor.