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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by epolanski on Sunday January 19, 2025 @04:22AM (#42755406)
All I've seen since TikTok boomed in US is that public opinion has been shaped very negatively on China by the hawkish tone in Washington.

I see zero, little evidence that TikTok brought any particular sympathy to China.

Nor I've seen a single study that has demonstrated that TikTok is any more biased than other socials. In fact it was even less than some (such as Twitter).

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Re:TikTok goes dark in the US by johnnyanmac on Sunday January 19, 2025 @04:37AM (#42755501)
People seem to forget US focuses a lot on Americentrism. That didn't really change much with Tiktok and its alforithm is giving users more of what it determines to be interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if less than half the american users knew Bytedance was a chinese company before all these ban talks got off the ground.
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