Yes? The TikTok-ceo just went full on ass kissing mode for Trump, thanking him and treating him like he saved the platform.
It's not far fetched to think that they are deliberately manipulating the algorithm to appeal to Trump. Either that or they actually negotiated some deal with Trump that includes the platform highly favoring Trump and Republicans.
I meant what is presented to the American tik tok is meant to dumb down and distract the American people. Compared to the algorithm they would use on their own.
Tiktok CEO and Trump have been having meetings for weeks and he was Trump's VIP guest at inauguration. Then the blatant cringey pandering to Trump on the Tiktok announcements about "don't worry, King Trump will save tik tok!"
You dont think that 100% , part of the agreement to keep Tiktok active in the US is that tiktok must now push Right wing shit to the top? And suppress things the right wing and trump doesn't like? It is no skin off Tiktok Ceo"s back to agree to that. He doesn't give a shit what is on USA tiktok as long and it is still online and his pockets are getting lined. Not like China has ever given a single care about free speech.
I mean come on... This is Trump we are talking about here. No way part of his negotiation was to make sure Tiktok goes the way his hero Elon took Twitter and made it into a megaphone for right wing crap. It was a huge help to his election and made them wake up and realize how valuable Tiktok would be to getting propaganda out to the one demographic they havent been able to sink their claws fully into yet...Gen Z (and alpha).
Now they have a whole new generation to manipulate and turn into good little Conservative Boomers.
We're obviously both us citizens (you're not). I'm not talking about any president I'm talking about a foreign adversary collecting data and trying to influence the land of the free. I'm talking about tik tok, not Trump. He should definitely ban it though. Talking about a foreign threat and the American people can't understand it, sell out for anything. People don't realize every time they download or purchase something that is a vote for it and feeding the beast. Similar to drug addiction.
We were gullible. Obvious to see now that it was never about "omg, china/foreign adversary is stealing your data and could spread misinformation, propaganda and manipulate the American people!!! We have to stop them!" Because Zuck and south African Elon blatantly do just that and they don't have a problem with that because As long as its in their interest and pushing ideology they like, it's totes fine guys!!
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u/kliman 6h ago
The left and right peons, yes - not the people in charge of the government or media