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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by DebtDeflation on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @02:43PM (#39695643)
It's not even just about propaganda. Watch Tik Tok videos in China and it's all young people helping the elderly, learning job skills, and doing other socially virtuous things. Watch Tik Tok videos outside of China and it's all videos of kids stealing cars, eating Tide pods, and pranking people in Home Depot.
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by rany_ on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:49PM (#39696505)
I mostly get some science videos and old comedy sketches. It will just recommend content you're into, same as any other social media network.
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by andrewla on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:45PM (#39696456)
Just to be clear, is this based on your own experience, or did you just see a video or news article (or other piece of propaganda) making this claim?
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by rstuart4133 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @09:30PM (#39699711)
> Watch Tik Tok videos in China and it's all

> Just to be clear, is this based on your own experience, or did you

From https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68554075:

    As is the case with other social media platforms, TikTok is banned in China.
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by bradleybuda on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:31PM (#39696277)
TikTok shows you what you want to see. I see a lot of musical covers, dumb jokes about the Dune films, standup comedy clips. I don't know what first ~20 videos a brand new account with no history sees but this caricature of TikTok (Tide Pods? really?) is pretty outdated.
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