• NastyNative@mander.xyz
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    4 days ago

    censorship??? there are a ton of other apps that do the same. China censors people and created a credit # for them to punish them if they dont act they way the gov wants you to act. What are u on about?

    • AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world
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      An app has been shut down on the unsubstantiated claims that it was a tool of foreign influence but on the apparent reasoning that it was facilitating conversations that western social media is hostile to such as the Israeli extermination of Palestinians.

      Palestine and Gaza were specifically cited by congresspeople as an inspiration and justification for the ban. It is plainly censorship. That’s not really debatable.

      Whether or not you believe that the censorship was reasonable or if there is sufficient evidence of subversive foreign influence using the platform is possibly debatable, but the fact that it is censorship is not.

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          It’s no one’s job but your own to filter through propaganda. And everything you’ve claimed is propaganda.

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                4 days ago

                You must have a lot invested in that particular shitposting app.

                You don’t have to attach yourself to everything you enjoy. It’s okay to leave yourself some wiggle rook to learn and grow.

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                  I have learned and grown way more on tiktok content than I have in public education or any other social media app.

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                  Tiktok, like anything else, is what you make of it.

                  And everyone else that I’ve heard with that same sentiment has never even been on it.

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                    This right here - if you ever use TikTok, you really quickly realize why it’s so successful. To deny its success is just plain willful ignorance.

                    I’m Canadian, but so much of the content I consume is from Americans so I hope it stays.