▲ 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
[–] 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