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It's really rare for me to be pro-intervention when it comes to the government vs free-industry but TikTok has become undeniably, geopolitically hazardous for the US. The dismal bit of it is that nation state backed, habit-forming propaganda apps are only likely to proliferate.

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Can you provide examples of China controlled propaganda happening on Tiktok?

Things that are factually true don't count, obviously.

Surely you can't think propaganda is just spreading lies... Contextual presentation can change how true information is perceived. Seeing a perspective more will align your own with it.

I know of many instances in which Meta suppressed specific opinions, but I don't know any of TikTok doing the same thing. Examples are welcome, if you have any.

Or is this just about Tiktok not being owned by a billionaire who will use censorship to keep the USA government happy?

There are many different ways to read your comment. Both of which are actually pretty funny. Well done.

There's only one way if you're being intellectually honest.

I'm still waiting for examples of Chinese propaganda pushing for misinformation, by the way.

It seems not a single person on this post is capable of providing one, even though there are dozens of users scaremongering over Chinese propaganda.

I continue to be baffled by people who simultaneously believe that TikTok is dangerous because of Chinese propaganda that may happen in the future, but that all the other social media networks are not dangerous despite the mostly Russian misinformation and election interference that has been ongoing since 2016. So far as I can see the important part is not who owns the network, but just how easy it is for misinformation to be published, and basic info like "is this poster a real human?" or "was this person paid to say this?" or "is this a factually incorrect statement?" are not readily visible to users.

Ban all social media.

> but that all the other social media networks are not dangerous despite the mostly Russian misinformation and election interference that has been ongoing since 2016

You can affirm one thing without affirming similar arguments. This is important for me to say because you're consigning me to an argument that I didn't make.

Yeah good thing they banned facebook as well which provably has a huge fake news / propaganda problem while tiktok... while tiktok has.... um... while tiktok... quick, tell me what propaganda tiktok has been pushing that's so much worse than FB or twitter or IG! You can do it! Can't you?

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