JonS253: I've never seen a TikTok vid deleted for critiquing China. Right now, though, the algorithm rewards critiquing Israel, as that's what gets engagement. (People leaving comments is engagement, no matter what the comments say.)

"TikTok is a programmable fentanyl" I guess if you're going to engage in fear mongering, you should really dedicate yourself to the craft

The US is right to target TikTokwww.ft.com Chinese control of a powerful ‘persuasive AI’ tool cannot be tolerated

Would now be a bad time to mention to that article’s writer that it wasn’t TikTok that just got caught altering links in users’ posts?

Both owned by intolerant authoritarians. But China’s smarter than Elmo.

TokTok isn't owned by China. It was founded in Singapore, it's organized in the Caymans, and its main offices are in California. China owns a chunk of a different Bytedance subsidiary, bc they *did* outlaw TikTok.

Yes, true. But, you can’t criticize China on TikTok, and you can’t criticize Musk on X. That’s what I was getting at.

I've never seen a TikTok vid deleted for critiquing China. Right now, though, the algorithm rewards critiquing Israel, as that's what gets engagement. (People leaving comments is engagement, no matter what the comments say.)

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