▲ 77 ▼ Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by remington@beehaw.org [M] to c/technology@beehaw.org 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] UNIX84@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Fox News isn't rallying people to support Palestine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) But tiktok the company is? And there are certainly also people on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and even Lemmy rallying to support Palestine. And that's what you tried to avoid with your "argument" in the first place, that many us companies are far worse in spreading misinformation. How does your one very specific point prove anything? And why focus on this one at all? Meanwhile fox news especially has been rallying against all kinds of minorities since forever in the US. You have very weak arguments here, maybe you just want to have tiktok banned? But then just say so outright. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) But tiktok the company is? Yes, among other things they're also explicitly suppressing pro-Isreal content https://lemmy.world/post/14643617 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Sasswagon@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago If I'm reading that right, that could also say that Instagram is suppressing anti-israel content? It's just saying that in comparison to Instagram tiktok is showing more x, y, z. But Instagram is absolutely not a neutral point to measure from. For starters there's different demographics on each one, but I'm sure you could adjust for that, maybe the study did. But I don't think you can adjust for the impact the US government has on Meta. I don't believe for an instant that some US agency isn't manipulating algorithms or requiring certain tweaks to steer discourse just like they did with US news outlets. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BennyHill@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago No misinformation is needed for that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) But tiktok the company is? And there are certainly also people on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and even Lemmy rallying to support Palestine. And that's what you tried to avoid with your "argument" in the first place, that many us companies are far worse in spreading misinformation. How does your one very specific point prove anything? And why focus on this one at all? Meanwhile fox news especially has been rallying against all kinds of minorities since forever in the US. You have very weak arguments here, maybe you just want to have tiktok banned? But then just say so outright. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) But tiktok the company is? Yes, among other things they're also explicitly suppressing pro-Isreal content https://lemmy.world/post/14643617 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Sasswagon@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago If I'm reading that right, that could also say that Instagram is suppressing anti-israel content? It's just saying that in comparison to Instagram tiktok is showing more x, y, z. But Instagram is absolutely not a neutral point to measure from. For starters there's different demographics on each one, but I'm sure you could adjust for that, maybe the study did. But I don't think you can adjust for the impact the US government has on Meta. I don't believe for an instant that some US agency isn't manipulating algorithms or requiring certain tweaks to steer discourse just like they did with US news outlets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) But tiktok the company is? Yes, among other things they're also explicitly suppressing pro-Isreal content https://lemmy.world/post/14643617 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] The_Sasswagon@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago If I'm reading that right, that could also say that Instagram is suppressing anti-israel content? It's just saying that in comparison to Instagram tiktok is showing more x, y, z. But Instagram is absolutely not a neutral point to measure from. For starters there's different demographics on each one, but I'm sure you could adjust for that, maybe the study did. But I don't think you can adjust for the impact the US government has on Meta. I don't believe for an instant that some US agency isn't manipulating algorithms or requiring certain tweaks to steer discourse just like they did with US news outlets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The_Sasswagon@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago If I'm reading that right, that could also say that Instagram is suppressing anti-israel content? It's just saying that in comparison to Instagram tiktok is showing more x, y, z. But Instagram is absolutely not a neutral point to measure from. For starters there's different demographics on each one, but I'm sure you could adjust for that, maybe the study did. But I don't think you can adjust for the impact the US government has on Meta. I don't believe for an instant that some US agency isn't manipulating algorithms or requiring certain tweaks to steer discourse just like they did with US news outlets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BennyHill@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago No misinformation is needed for that. permalink fedilink source parent