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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by eckesicle on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:09AM (#42739343)
Because it’s used to influence elections worldwide. Most recently the first round of the Romanian elections were won by an unheard of pro-Russian candidate who ran a disinformation campaign on TikTok, allegedly organised by the Kreml.

https://www.politico.eu/article/investigation-ties-romanian-...

https://www.politico.eu/article/calin-georgescu-romania-elec...

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by jmorenoamor on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:15AM (#42739447)
I understand that, but, you can run that campaign on Instagram, Twitter, or wherever your target audience is, right?
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by eckesicle on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:28PM (#42740803)
Both those entities are within regulatory reach of the US administration.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by segasaturn on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:14AM (#42739444)
Do you have any proof that the Chinese government played a role in his campaign? Because the 2016 United States election was possibly influenced by disinformation campaigns on Facebook, yet there is no ban and Zuck is taking an even more lax approach to moderation than Tiktok.
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