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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Where's all the "Tik Tok is harmless!!!" people? They were everywhere 18 months ago when the US went after TikTok.

[โ€“] Grimy 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

My main grip with wanting to ban tik tok was that it was a transparent attempt to keep a monopoly on propaganda. Tik tok is used by China in exactly the same way Twitter and Facebook are used.

We need comprehensive laws against all forms of social media manipulation, since even the homegrown ones are being used to elect fascists.

Tik tok is a scapegoat.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

We do have those laws in the EU. Parliament is inviting the TikTok CEO to question him about their adherence to those very laws. TikTok is legally required to actively work against manipulation especially around things like elections so they should have be on top of the botting that apparently went on. They're supposed to follow these guidelines.

...of course, parliament could have left it to the commission to enforce this stuff, i.e. fine TikTok, but as this is an election it's absolutely legitimate to make a public scene. Drag that CEO before parliament and make him scramble for excuses before the presidential run-offs and parliament elections. Then post it to TikTok.

TikTok isn't a scapegoat, here, they're being made an example of. Important difference.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

My main grip with wanting to ban tik tok was that it was a transparent attempt to keep a monopoly on propaganda. Tik tok is used by China in exactly the same way Twitter and Facebook are used.

I think it's fair to say that TT is being used for political propaganda, particularly propaganda that benefits China and now apparently Russia. It's clear now that US efforts to repress TT were for the exact reason they said it was, to prevent TT as a platform from unduly influencing elections.

Your second sentence is an interesting one though, given that most people who were against the US taking action against TT refused to admit that TT was or even could be used as a propaganda outlet to influence policy, politics, and elections.

We need comprehensive laws against all forms of social media manipulation

I completely agree and FB and Twitter should not be exempted from them.