What, the CCP, having already previously used TikTok as a propaganda tool to push narratives that support their interests, proactively supported the side that would help ruin their biggest foreign adversary? WHO coulda thunk it.
The article posted refers to 2024, TikTok didn't agree to sell to Oracle until 2025 and the full handover didn't take effect until this year. For the purposes of this post, it was indeed conceivably China behind this effort.
Hikvision, a Chinese state-owned company, supplies surveillance equipment on West Bank Palestinians. China continues to deny that it has been committing genocide in Uyghurstan for over a decade. China has destroyed my home and turned it into a facsimile where the words "national security" appear every 5 minutes in every part of society and made it so that the March of the Volunteers is mandated on every television channel twice a day.
If China gave a fuck about Palestine or Iran or any sort of civilian life, it would have done something to support the oppressed and work towards a peace deal, instead of funding Russia to bomb civilians in Ukraine. If China had any sort of moral backbone, it would stop oppressing its own citizenry to the point where people have been arrested for holding up a blank piece of paper. If China had any foot to stand on, it wouldn't be literally hosting Donald Trump and praising MAGA a week ago, before turning around to host Vladimir fucking Putin.
Hey just because Gummy Mae don't believe in no dentist don't mean nothin. Well okay it means she got no teeth but besides that nothing. She got twenty five cents every time she needs a new pair of teeth
Are we still using the "I had to support fascism to save palestine" lie?
Like does Palestine look saved to you? Does the fact that you helped murder those Iranian children not weigh on your conscience. How long until some of you admit you got conned by obvious propaganda?
Tiktok was sold to one rich asshole called larry over a year after the election. In the time frame that's being discussed here, it was still under Chinese control.
Just depends on the user. Back then when I was using TikTok, my feed was filled with liberals, leftists, and independents. No conservatives or Maga in sight. If people saw right wing content that unfortunately just means they were interacting with it
I think it also skewed right for people that are politically neutral or people who tend to avoid the news. That’s sort of the problem with most of these algorithms.
Tik Tok users claimed that there was an attack on Tik Tok, and that it was the last bastion of free speech and anti-censorship, and then claimed they were right when ByteDance kicked them off temporarily so they could "see" how American ownership would equate to censorship. And all this happened after the election was already "won".
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Astrealix@lemmy.world · 98 pts · 91d
What, the CCP, having already previously used TikTok as a propaganda tool to push narratives that support their interests, proactively supported the side that would help ruin their biggest foreign adversary? WHO coulda thunk it.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -46 pts · 91d
You're still blaming china? For revealing the reality of genocide?
TikTok is literally owned by a zionist. This is what the libs wanted. Huge gift to AIPAC.
TikTok & X 'most important' tools — Netanyahu to influencers
spamfajitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 52 pts · 91d
The article posted refers to 2024, TikTok didn't agree to sell to Oracle until 2025 and the full handover didn't take effect until this year. For the purposes of this post, it was indeed conceivably China behind this effort.
Astrealix@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 91d
Hikvision, a Chinese state-owned company, supplies surveillance equipment on West Bank Palestinians. China continues to deny that it has been committing genocide in Uyghurstan for over a decade. China has destroyed my home and turned it into a facsimile where the words "national security" appear every 5 minutes in every part of society and made it so that the March of the Volunteers is mandated on every television channel twice a day.
If China gave a fuck about Palestine or Iran or any sort of civilian life, it would have done something to support the oppressed and work towards a peace deal, instead of funding Russia to bomb civilians in Ukraine. If China had any sort of moral backbone, it would stop oppressing its own citizenry to the point where people have been arrested for holding up a blank piece of paper. If China had any foot to stand on, it wouldn't be literally hosting Donald Trump and praising MAGA a week ago, before turning around to host Vladimir fucking Putin.
And yes, I have fucking sources too.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/israel-opt-israeli-authorities-are-using-facial-recognition-technology-to-entrench-apartheid/
https://www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/persecution-of-uyghurs-in-xinjiang-torture-crimes-against-humanity-and-genocide
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3108905/hong-kong-radio-broadcasters-begin-playing-national-anthem
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/how-china-forgot-promises-and-debts-to-ukraine-and-backed-russias-war
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2023/11/chinas-white-paper-movement-one-year-on-six-protesters-share-their-stories/
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/14/world/video/president-xi-china-maga-intldsk
maccentric@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 90d
Hikvision sounds like a Fox News Channel
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 90d
Hey just because Gummy Mae don't believe in no dentist don't mean nothin. Well okay it means she got no teeth but besides that nothing. She got twenty five cents every time she needs a new pair of teeth
HarneyToker@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 91d
If you’re not blaming China, you’re falling for the “All world powers suck except my favorite one” trope.
In actuality, they all suck.
TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 91d
Are we still using the "I had to support fascism to save palestine" lie?
Like does Palestine look saved to you? Does the fact that you helped murder those Iranian children not weigh on your conscience. How long until some of you admit you got conned by obvious propaganda?
otp@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 91d
Only ones that they aren't conducting, though
someguy3@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 91d
Are you serious? Tiktok was owned by a Chinese company. It was only recently forced to sell its US operations
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 91d
Tiktok was sold to one rich asshole called larry over a year after the election. In the time frame that's being discussed here, it was still under Chinese control.
vegeta@lemmy.world · 97 pts · 91d
athatet@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 91d
Fucking slooop.
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 90d
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 91d
Next up; The weather.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 91d
Okay, if they can alter the wx, I’ll be fucking impressed.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 91d
Why would you post a pay walled study?
It doesn't even show the abstract, this post is pointless except to people who only read headlines and never understand anything...
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 17 pts · 91d
What I can read of the posted link states it’s a summary of this open access article.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10447-1
vegeta@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 91d
I guess they only read the headline
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 91d
Right...
And if OP had linked that, it would have made sense.
Instead they linked a pay walled summary of something that people could actually read. Which was pointless.
Edit:
Likely due to OP "headline shopping"...
The one people can actual read would have had to be titled:
OP wanted something that looked like an academic study but had a editorialized headline...
And if you want that, you can't link real studies, the best you can do is summaries, which are published like a study but isn't abstudy
ripcord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 91d
Dude are you just addicted to being outraged about things, or...?
vegeta@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 91d
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10447-1
vegeta@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 91d
alexdeathway@programming.dev · 1 pts · 91d
wasn't tiktok banned?
chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 91d
that was what they wanted to do until trump got his bribe money, now it’s too american to fail
someguy3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 91d
Do it for the Vine.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 91d
It was seized by the state and handed over to zionists.
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d
Me watching every single piece of
socialmedia regurgitate right wing talking points for the last decade.No shit.
etherphon@piefed.world · 0 pts · 91d
ZephyrXero@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 91d
Just depends on the user. Back then when I was using TikTok, my feed was filled with liberals, leftists, and independents. No conservatives or Maga in sight. If people saw right wing content that unfortunately just means they were interacting with it
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 91d
I think it also skewed right for people that are politically neutral or people who tend to avoid the news. That’s sort of the problem with most of these algorithms.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -11 pts · 91d
Libs were desperate to stop TikTok and then they immediately handed it over to zionists. What else do you expect from a genocidal cult?
TikTok & X 'most important' tools — Netanyahu to influencers
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 91d
Lmao sure it was "the libs" and definitely not the government that actually did things.
deliriousdreams@fedia.io · 3 pts · 91d
Tik Tok users claimed that there was an attack on Tik Tok, and that it was the last bastion of free speech and anti-censorship, and then claimed they were right when ByteDance kicked them off temporarily so they could "see" how American ownership would equate to censorship. And all this happened after the election was already "won".