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Re:The pro-Israel information war by instaeloq on Friday December 08, 2023 @04:54PM (#38575070)
I think your interpretation is wrong.

OP stated: "If anything the skew within the platforms is to prioritize pro-palestinian views".

They're explicitly stating that they believe pro-palestinian views are prioritized.

Re:The pro-Israel information war by IOT_Apprentice on Friday December 08, 2023 @06:55PM (#38576580)
Prioritized in what exact way? You are fed what you are interested in and like, on TikTok. It is easy to read yourself of topics or content you are uninterested in or dislike.
Re:The pro-Israel information war by Invictus0 on Friday December 08, 2023 @08:05PM (#38577156)
Make a brand new account and visit TikTok. You will be shown lots of pro Palestinian content
Re:The pro-Israel information war by skissane on Friday December 08, 2023 @11:08PM (#38578469)
I think the argument being made, is that the preponderance of pro-Palestinian content on TikTok is due to the demographics of its user base, and the pre-existing pro-Palestinian slant of those particular demographics – not that the owners of TikTok have made some deliberate moderation decision to favour pro-Palestinian content over pro-Israeli content
Re:The pro-Israel information war by Affric on Friday December 08, 2023 @05:23PM (#38575458)
> “If anything”

This is an important clause here. It means that they do not believe that pro-Israel views are prioritised but __if__ any it is the case that there are prioritised views are pro-Palestinian views.

Now, you could argue that this is a bad faith rhetorical device but it is not “explicitly stating that they believe pro-Palestinian views are prioritised”.

Re:The pro-Israel information war by xkekjrktllss on Friday December 08, 2023 @05:39PM (#38575633)
However it is utter nonsense because they offer no support for either being prioritized.

Of course pro-Israel views can be prioritized and still be in the minority.

Politically, we know the bias of the Western ruling class is aggressively pro-Israel. This indisputable knowledge that means the most likely platform bias is pro-Israel.

Re:The pro-Israel information war by nostrebored on Friday December 08, 2023 @07:37PM (#38576936)
How do you figure? Who is the ruling class? Are you talking about media? Politicians? Members of the upper class?

I don’t think what you’ve mentioned is indisputable or really backed by facts.

Re:The pro-Israel information war by mastazi on Friday December 08, 2023 @05:23PM (#38575449)
I don't see how that quote from OP is incompatible with my point, please explain

> They're explicitly stating that they believe pro-palestinian views are prioritized.

I'm also saying that they are prioritised, here is a sentence from my previous comment:

> As a result, certain views are prioritised