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Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by kortilla on Thursday November 07, 2024 @03:17AM (#42074677)
TikTok is packed full of political propaganda. Controlling which narratives people think are popular is super powerful. It’s called manufacturing consent.
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Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by ajrehg on Thursday November 07, 2024 @03:33AM (#42074779)
So is the Canadian government, especially under Trudeau, which indirectly controls the media organizations through funding.

All mainstream articles about the trucker protests were horrific lies (except for the honking, which was indeed disruptive and stupid).

I don't care about TikTok, since there is nothing of value there. But will Canada also ban globaltimes.cn now?

(The value of the Global Times is to find out what the party in China thinks, not that it is unbiased.)

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Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by kortilla on Friday November 08, 2024 @05:13PM (#42090885)
Both the Canadian media and globaltimes.cn don’t have nearly the screentime or intimate targeting TikTok has.

It’s like billboard on the highway vs someone whispering things to you for 2 hours every day.

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