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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by ericmcer on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @01:05PM (#39694189)
This is 100% anecdotal and lacks any kind of research, but... I heard it was a more subtle propaganda. The American feeds could have messages about how bad the economy is, how futile working is in a corrupt system, how depressed and traumatized your peers are.

On the opposite side you would fill it with messages about the virtues of hard work, stories of success and happiness, etc.

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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by rsaz on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @01:43PM (#39694725)
That seems possible, but that might just have to do with the state of the culture before TikTok anyways. Maybe the doom and gloom among young people in North America is because of other factors and content relating to it just happens to get more popular. China might have a more positive population right now, that makes and supports more positive content.
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