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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I found it interesting that this Tiktok regulation talk hit peak fervor around the time that youths were using tiktok to fully grasp the severity of the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Meanwhile mainstream corporate media was painting a very different and dishonest story of the genocide.

We need broad regulation for social media in the US, not cherry picked fervor for political reasons.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 13 points 2 days ago

Yet they had the excuse and idiots like op are cheering on their censorship

Actual privacy laws like the Eu? Nah let's just make an american version of the Great Firewall.

[–] Hellinabucket@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That was the catalyst that made them realize they didn't have the sway to control the narrative on tik Tok and that they had to destroy it.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Problem is that insta also had the same content and plenty of folks saw it there too but the focus was on Chinese influence.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was being taken down on insta.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Eventually but my partner still saw the genocide there.

[–] Hellinabucket@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

They already knew they could control zuckyboy though.