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TikTok has been pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in Europe: analysis (nypost.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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TikTok has been pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in Europe: analysis::More than 1,000 ads from Chinese state media outlets have run on European users' TikTok feeds since October 2022, according to the platform's latest ad library update that was analyzed by Forbes.

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[–] Buelldozer -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Ads are one thing but state propaganda is something different. In a US political context this would be like the State of Florida running "Ads" on Facebook discussing how slavery was actually beneficial to the slaves. Get it now?

[–] nomadjoanne 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right. It certainly happens to the West. But the governments in Western democracy have to be a bit more subtle when it comes to their propaganda and not run this stuff directly.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Arguably, more effective, due to their subtlety

[–] nomadjoanne 1 points 1 year ago

I think they're sadly quite effective on us. But I think the Chinese "Communist" regime's propaganda is quite effective within China. It just doesn't work well on us.