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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by umanwizard on Sunday January 19, 2025 @01:38PM (#42760055)
In practice, US social networks usually promote content that is aligned with US cultural values and geopolitical interests. Whether this is because the government is actively leaning on them or just because being run by Americans colors them with those values, I don’t know. But the fact is, it’s not a coincidence that TikTok is the main place pro-Palestinian content was allowed to go viral, and it’s likely that changing owners would change the content on TikTok even if the law doesn’t actually require it to do so.
Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by user3939382 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @07:45PM (#42763775)
> Whether this is because the government is actively leaning on them or just because being run by Americans colors them with those values, I don’t know

Look up Mitt Romney’s comments where he plainly says they need to ban TikTok because they can’t control the narrative on Israel-Palestine. Narrative being his word.

Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by GordonS on Monday January 20, 2025 @04:06AM (#42766538)