Re:U.S. Intelligence Says TikTok Is a Threat – But Only in T...
by alexitorg on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:40AM
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It appears to be a very powerful influence tool. Ryan McBeth [1] made a video showing how easy it is to serve a message to small target demographics. This seems distinct to how, say, youtube works: serving adds to the targeted demographics and algorithm serving content based on prior.
Tik tok seems to add a content creator being able target your content to an audience. This also seems to be able to be done without the public or any authorities being aware. It looks like a great tool to encourage discord.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB7WzqUq4Nk
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Re:U.S. Intelligence Says TikTok Is a Threat – But Only in T...
by TowerTall on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:53AM
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On facebook it is possible to target a specific invidual. [2014]
https://ghostinfluence.com/the-ultimate-retaliation-pranking...
and more recent [2024] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39540738
Re:U.S. Intelligence Says TikTok Is a Threat – But Only in T...
by bufferout on Monday March 18, 2024 @04:30AM
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Tiktok is effectively controlled by a foreign/hostile power though. One who has the nous to ban foreign social media from their own shores.
Re:U.S. Intelligence Says TikTok Is a Threat – But Only in T...
by snapcaster on Monday March 18, 2024 @10:01AM
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how is Murk Zuckerberg any less foreign/hostile to me as an american compared to tiktok owners? Neither of them care about me in any way beyond selling me stuff and making sure I don't talk about the things their masters don't want me to (palestine in US, other stuff in China)
Re:U.S. Intelligence Says TikTok Is a Threat – But Only in T...
by rchaud on Monday March 18, 2024 @11:50AM
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Facebook allowed Russian interests to spread division through sponsored posts for years and even accepted rubles as payment until US sanctions were put into effect.
Unless the head of a corporation can be held criminally responsible, their nationality is irrelevant. The only thing theyre loyal to is money.