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Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by red-iron-pine on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:12PM (#36909058)
Whataboutism is the standard SOP to derail conversations, esp. when related to international politics.

Other tactics include injecting hot button issues like race, gender, or TSLA into topics -- "lightning rods" -- or setting up wild strawmen to distract and create dog-pile situations.

Ideally, combine these approaches together, and have them speak from the view you want to discredit.

Multiple participants also lend legitimacy, so use long-establish sockpuppet accounts and bots to give the appearance of consensus.

Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by nenaoki on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:20PM (#36909198)
>standard SOP

Double-standard operating procedure.

Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by bubblematrix on Friday July 28, 2023 @02:26PM (#36911103)
Correct, COINTEL pro techniques that are used by many organizations (political super pacs, governments, etc.)

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Re:TikTok pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in... by meiraleal on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:06AM (#36954964)
Sounds like paranoia and another kind of whataboutism.