The report, from the Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers University, could raise new concerns about whether Beijing influences the content on the popular video app. Representative Josh Gottheimer, Democrat of New Jersey, said the report showed that TikTok was “a tool to brazenly spread disinformation and suppress content that undermines the Chinese government.”

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  • @[email protected]
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    111 months ago

    Ah yes, the “real people” like the disproportionate number of Reddit users at Eglin AFB.

    • @CinnerB
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      111 months ago

      Ah yes, the infamous Elgin VPN outproxies. Where almost all traffic from anyone employed and using the internet overseas is filtered through.

      If you’re truly interested in our cyber warfare capabilities around that time and where they were stationed, I’d start with this primer.

      Then if you’re still interested, I’d read our 2025-2040 initiatives.

      • @[email protected]
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        011 months ago

        So your argument is that people who’s livelihood depends entirely on the US government were spamming Reddit, but that they were obviously doing it entirely of their own volition and neither intentionally nor unintentionally spreading propaganda?

        Interesting position.