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Re:TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people... by thereare5lights on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @07:09PM (#22611641)
> Not just people, but primarily people living in a pathologically authoritarian state that doesn't allow them to access other places on the Internet that they could put their content on.

No it's not. China has their own version of TikTok called Douyin. If I recall correctly, TikTok isn't even available in China.

Since TikTok isn't even used in China, who exactly are the users you're describing as "people living in a pathologically authoritarian state"?

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Re:TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people... by chenster on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @07:21PM (#22611731)
Mind you it's the same company behind TikTok tailored to westerns.
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Re:TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people... by thereare5lights on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:11PM (#22612156)
And? Does that change the correctness of what I said?

> but primarily people living in a pathologically authoritarian state that

This is patently false. Unless you're calling the US an authoritarian state.

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Re:TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people... by befictious on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @07:11PM (#22611656)
Have you gone to https://www.douyin.com/ ? it IS TIKTOK...
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Re:TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people... by thereare5lights on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:11PM (#22612167)
No it's fucking not. The content on the two are different. You cannot access TikTok content on Douyin nor can do you do the reverse.

The point is:

> but primarily people living in a pathologically authoritarian state that

This is patently false. Unless you're calling the US an authoritarian state.

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