Re:TikTok Inc. vs. U.S. Department of Commerce
by hyperdimension on Monday August 24, 2020 @03:01PM
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Can you clarify? The picture's a little small, but I don't think I'm picking up what you're alluding to.
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Re:TikTok Inc. vs. U.S. Department of Commerce
by ummonk on Monday August 24, 2020 @03:07PM
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It definitely looks like they were holding up a posterboard and the flag has been photoshopped in.
Re:TikTok Inc. vs. U.S. Department of Commerce
by dhimes on Monday August 24, 2020 @03:09PM
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When I zoom in (ctrl+) it appears to me that the people across the top aren't actually holding the flag. The guy on our left is- with one hand, but the others don't seem to be (at least to me, but I'm no photoshop-spotter expert). That is, part of their hands doesn't seem to be blocked by the flag the way I would expect if they were holding it.
The woman in red on our right also doesn't seem to be holding it. It's perhaps a cardboard sign or something? Maybe the picture of the flag was put over it?
Again, I'm no expert but it looks off to me.
Re:TikTok Inc. vs. U.S. Department of Commerce
by gruez on Monday August 24, 2020 @03:21PM
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I tracked down the source of the image and it seems to be here: https://c.m.163.com/news/a/EL1772BO05322C4C.html [1], dated july 26, 2019. If it's a photoshop, then it's a very long con.
[1] from https://www.jenniferzengblog.com/home/2020/8/5/bytedance-hea..., which also has archive links for the page in question and additional circumstantial evidence.