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I thought the motivation to ban TikTok came from concerns about influence over political discourse rather than consumer privacy?

• dauertewigkeit 3y ago
  Different narratives for different crowds.
• skyyler 3y ago
  Younger people are talking about the pro-palestine / anti-zionist views promoted in the app as a reason that lawmakers are so motivated this time. Wild speculation, of course.
  • morkalork 3y ago
    Makes you wonder if it's a test run for Taiwan.
  • simpletone 3y ago
    > Younger people are talking about the pro-palestine / anti-zionist views promoted in the app as a reason that lawmakers are so motivated this time. There are a lot of pro-zionists views promoted on the app as well. But in tiktok's defense, zuckerburg's properties, alphabet properties, reddit, etc lean heavily in favor of pro-zionist content because those companies are officially in bed with public and private zionist organizations. > Wild speculation, of course. Think it has more to do with anti-china views more than anything. But zionist influence definitely plays some role here.