03-15-2024, 01:14 AM
$tevie wrote:
And if someone could come on here and specifically tell me what the Chinese are going to do with our data that is so terrible, that would be great. Just repeating over and over that it could be terrible is not a thesis, let alone a supporting claim to your thesis.
I feel like this issue demonstrates how powerful social media is.
The most obvious way TikTok was used to influence politics was how the Israel/Hamas war was covered. Compared to other US-based social media platforms and postings like Reddit, TikTok had a 10x higher favorable coverage for Hamas. TikTok has claimed it was because of viewers, it's not. Here's a good description.
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/27/20...nti-israel
How is China involved, you ask? China wins by adding discord across the board.
I am not going down the rabbit hole of claiming conspiracy. It's a fact that TikTok data from the US gets to China. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrale...72d1b32708