Re:TikTok goes dark in the US
by breadwinner on Sunday January 19, 2025 @10:21AM
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The solution is not to allow TikTok but to reduce the influence of social media in the first place.
As exposed by whistleblower Frances Haugen, Facebook's algorithms favored content that generated anger and division, which in turn increased user engagement. Facebook now wants to return to that algorithm.
Re:TikTok goes dark in the US
by coldpie on Sunday January 19, 2025 @10:24AM
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Agreed. I would be all in favor of a law that applied to Tiktok, Facebook, X, and all others equally. Singling out Tiktok is just a transparent handout to the US's tech oligarchs, which is worse than doing nothing.
As exposed by whistleblower Frances Haugen, Facebook's algorithms favored content that generated anger and division, which in turn increased user engagement. Facebook now wants to return to that algorithm.