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Re:TikTok Feeds Teens a Diet of Darkness by kieselguhr_kid on Saturday May 13, 2023 @07:16PM (#35933745)
This reads more like yellow peril hyperbole than reasoned arguments. The CCP is deeply unpopular in the US, and most US institutions are engaged in a demonization campaign against China.

TikTok is horrible and toxic. It should be banned, or at least tightly age-restricted. But I have seen no evidence they're worse than or a bigger threat than other US-based social media empires, and the proponents of those ideas tend to gesture towards vague communist conspiracies rather than point to observable evidence.

Re:TikTok Feeds Teens a Diet of Darkness by CPLX on Saturday May 13, 2023 @07:25PM (#35933800)
The communist conspiracy isn’t vague. It’s the literal stated policy of the leaders of China, backed up by overt military actions and destabilization campaigns.

It’s like not confusing or subtle it’s in plain sight.

It doesn’t really matter if you like to acknowledge it or not, the Chinese government has declared that it will defeat the U.S. and liberal democracy itself in a global conflict.

Re:TikTok Feeds Teens a Diet of Darkness by ssnistfajen on Saturday May 13, 2023 @07:28PM (#35933816)
>It’s the literal stated policy of the leaders of China, backed up by overt military actions and destabilization campaigns.

Source?