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> TikTok is going to be banned because it is destroying US social networks business Didn't Europe ban Russia Today and other Russian state sponsored media?
by golergka 2y ago
> TikTok is going to be banned because it is destroying US social networks business
Didn't Europe ban Russia Today and other Russian state sponsored media?
- realusername 2y agoThose never were real media though and they didn't even pretend anymore. Officially it was banned as a part of the economic sanctions but being a part of their war machine would have been enough of a reason by itself.
- mikrotikker 2y agoAnd what do you think tik tok is? It's a similar service exerting propaganda on the populace at china's algorithmic control.
- realusername 2y agoFor now the Russian media and Twitter have worse influence on democracy than Tiktok ever did.
- immibis 2y agoYou're not thinking like a politician - you're thinking like the point is to maintain democracy etc. Russia Today will never tell people there's a genocide in Gaza, while TikTok does tell them that, so the latter is much more dangerous to politicians. I don't know why politicians have this weird attitude towards Gaza, but they do. Also, the propaganda on Russia Today supports strong governments, so your job as a politician will be safe even if they swing the next election. The propaganda on TikTok does not.
- golergka 2y ago> Russia Today will never tell people there's a genocide in Gaza, while TikTok does tell them that Well if RT was banned for other instances of disinformation, then Tiktok should absolutely be banned for this one.
- immibis 2y agoThat isn't disinformation though? The disinformation in that case is the one being pushed by Western politicians. The propaganda on RT is of a completely different nature than the propaganda on TikTok.
- EasyMark 2y agoThose can be next. It's one baby step at a time.