fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appealwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1446arrow-down15
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minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·2 months agohttps://nypost.com/2023/02/25/china-is-hurting-us-kids-with-tiktok-but-protecting-its-own/ It’s extremely well documented that TikTok offers extremely different experiences within China than it does elsewhere.
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI’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.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThere’s individual sources for practically every paragraph in that article, so I’m not seeing the issue in this case.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOf 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
minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoOK, 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.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBy 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.
https://nypost.com/2023/02/25/china-is-hurting-us-kids-with-tiktok-but-protecting-its-own/
It’s extremely well documented that TikTok offers extremely different experiences within China than it does elsewhere.
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.
There’s individual sources for practically every paragraph in that article, so I’m not seeing the issue in this case.
Of course it does, and for two major reasons:
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.
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.