Re:TikTok goes dark in the US
by imgabe on Sunday January 19, 2025 @03:31AM
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Stop. This is stupid. People are allowed to have opinions on politics in other countries. Every other country in the world sure as hell isn’t shy about opining on US elections. Then you want to act all indignant if the US opines on your elections? Fuck off.
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The thing is that Elon Musk is not just some guy with an opinion. He's some guy who has an opinion and owns a major social media platform where he tweaks the algorithm to serve his own purposes, similar to what TikTok is being accused of.
Donald Trump also created his own media platform. It's a pillar of the cult. Without them, they can't keep people fearful and misinformed.
“Everyone who has a media platform does it to keep people fearful and misinformed”. What does this tell you about previous media platforms?
In democracies the power of government and media are supposed to be different branches of the system. When this is violated it's considered a threat to democracy. Like in Italy Berlusconi's media empire, etc.
lmao so the past 8 years where the media was a propaganda org for the DNC was what exactly?
This is an odd statement. GOP was in power from 2016-2020. People confuse entertainment and social media with news sources. Nearly anyone can pay to advertise with traditional or social media.
I think you're trying to describe Twitter and the other "conservative" media sources? These are for entertainment, but traditionally would advertise whoever paid them. Now the companies have been purchased or created to spread misinformation.
I don't think that's true. For instance, Meta will spread whatever information it's legally allowed to if you pay them.
Yeah, and a lot of people opining on US elections had media platforms of their own, or were heads of state or otherwise influential.
Too bad. Sucks that you got beat at your own game.
I was talking about what agendas the powers that control the TikTok/Twitter/Meta might have, not (only) protesting the opinion.
And in this case they are known to be exceptionally ruthless and part of Trump's administration.