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Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by saddlerustle on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:34PM (#28134061)
TikTok has already been found to be censoring content that criticises the Chinese government [1]. Theres a big difference between that and a nonpolitical public research project that ended up with a minuscule effect size.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-...

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Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by the-dude on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:35PM (#28134078)
> a nonpolitical public research project

Are you referring to Camebridge Analytica?

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Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by saddlerustle on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:36PM (#28134090)
No, the emotional contagion paper the OP linked. Facebook had no active role in the Cambridge Analytic affair.
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