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> These people have no problem with Facebook, Instagram, et al. being naughty because they profit from it. Facebook, Instagram are not naughty. They're well em
by throw310822 11mo ago
> These people have no problem with Facebook, Instagram, et al. being naughty because they profit from it.
Facebook, Instagram are not naughty. They're well embedded in the political economic ruling elite of the country. They amplify or mute whatever messages that elite wants amplified or muted. The US can't make rules for TikTok to do the same because that would be illegal, besides being too obviously partisan.
- Aunche 11mo agoThe idea that TikTok is somehow less corruptible than Facebook or Instagram is laughable as American investors were largest investors of ByteDance to begin with. If it was only about Israel, they can be pressured into censorship the same way Meta supposedly is*. The difference is that TikTok can also be pressured by China, where its parent company resides. *What is more likely is that TikTok isn't actually more pro-Palestinian than Meta, but the demographics that use it actually are which affects the algorithm and user reports.