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Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by fsflover on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:51AM (#36907620)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Propaganda_by_country
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Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by andreygrehov on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:53AM (#36907656)
Nah, wikipedia is highly manipulated. Maybe a git repo would work better.
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Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by regularjack on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:21AM (#36908168)
Why should I trust a random git repo more than wikipedia? I don't think the format the data is stored as (git vs wiki) says anything about the reliability of the information.
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Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by consumer451 on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:25AM (#36908248)
Wiki edits are already public. How would a git repo be better?
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Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by andreygrehov on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:01PM (#36908855)
It's certainly not a magic pill, but there is a higher barrier to entry for making en edit through git. PR discussions could help minimize bs.
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Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by Obscurity4340 on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:01AM (#36907774)
Any particular examples/instances of that?
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Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by andreygrehov on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:55AM (#36908746)
The co-founder said it himself?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

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Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by consumer451 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:50AM (#36917329)
This would be a problem in any system I can imagine.
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