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China will need to have 4 undercover agents meet in the same place at the same time. They won't all meet each other, but a series of hand offs. Conveniently, a
by Workaccount2 2y ago
China will need to have 4 undercover agents meet in the same place at the same time. They won't all meet each other, but a series of hand offs.
Conveniently, a small local college asian club wants to have a stop asian hate rally on the weekend of the 17th, at a local park which would be an ideal location. Tiktok gets word from Bytedance, who by Chinese law have party members on their board, that this rally needs to be heavily promoted organically to other Asians who live in the area. No ads, if someone talks about it in their tiktok, push it. Push it especially towards beloved Asian influencers with a large follwing.
The day comes and the turnout is a total blowout. A sea of Asians filling the park to support a noble cause.
80% of them are there because the CCP wanted them there to cover their operation, but when asked, every single one laughs at the idea that "Tiktok is a tool for propaganda". They say "I have never seen anything that promotes red flag communism or CCP ideals."
The scenario above is why the US government wants tiktok banned. The privacy stuff is second and the screen addiction stuff a far far third.
- Bukhmanizer 2y agoYou think that TikToks strategic advantage is being able to coordinate “seas of Asians” so that undercover Chinese spies can meet, and presumably since all Asian people look alike no one will be able to know?
- SoftTalker 2y agoIt's one example. More generally, think of any case where directing public attention in a particular way might be advantageous.
- Workaccount2 2y agoThe takeaway is that you can be a useful pawn while being totally unaware of it. Kim Jung Un had his brother assassinated by local actors who were hired to star in a prank video series in Malaysia. They killed someone while being totally oblivious. An extreme example, but these entities are way smarter than the average "I never see propaganda" tiktok user. It's totally idiotic to trust them, especially authoritarian governments.