• @Maggoty
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    -165 days ago

    So are you saying they run the algorithm in their country? On their internal mirror app? The exact same setup TikTok offered the US?

    I don’t see how that’s the evidence you’re looking for.

      • ivanafterall ☑️
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        74 days ago

        I’m just a bystander, China sucks, but referencing a NY Post opinion piece feels a bit like using a Fox News segment as a source. They’re pretty trash.

        • AwesomeLowlander
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          64 days ago

          There’s individual sources for practically every paragraph in that article, so I’m not seeing the issue in this case.

      • archomrade [he/him]
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        14 days ago

        OK, so lets say they moderated it the same way here as they did in China… All good now?

        I don’t think it matters at all how tiktok is actually being managed or moderated in the US - Americans simply do not trust anything Chinese.

        The cold war never ended.

        • AwesomeLowlander
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          14 days ago

          By moderating, if you mean using the same algorithm for the content feed, it would make a significant difference to a lot of people I believe.

          • archomrade [he/him]
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            13 days ago

            Not a chance lol

            Most americans don’t know a single thing about China, but almost every one of them would tell you that it’s a anti-free speech hellscape.

            The only thing that matters is that it originated in China. Nothing else they do could change the opinion of the american public.

      • @[email protected]
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        14 days ago

        Of course it does, and for two major reasons:

        • Chinese law is very different from American law
        • China’s domestic propaganda interests are quite different than it’s international propaganda interests