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it's interesting you bring that up as it turns out the incumbent party was actually the one behind that tiktok campaign, not russia. the campaign they used as
by valec 2y ago
it's interesting you bring that up as it turns out the incumbent party was actually the one behind that tiktok campaign, not russia. the campaign they used as evidence of "russian interference" that they cancelled the election because of
https://snoop.ro/anaf-a-descoperit-ca-pnl-a-platit-o-campanie-care-l-a-promovat-masiv-pe-calin-georgescu-pe-tiktok/ https://snoop.ro/anaf-a-descoperit-ca-pnl-a-platit-o-campani...
- jakubmazanec 2y agoIt's irrelevant to my point who did what. The elections were still influenced (though it saddens me that people are so easily influenced, but that's orthogonal too).
- valec 2y agoshould we ban tv too then?
- jakubmazanec 2y agoIs the content on the TV generated for you by some black box algorithm? Is it hard to determine who finances the political ads you see on TV? No and no, so no.
- valec 2y agoactually, yes, it is extremely hard to determine who finances the political ads you see on TV. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_money https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_money and how is a black box algorithm any worse than a system where only large corporate gatekeepers control what you see? if anything, i'd argue tiktok is more fair and democratic.
- jakubmazanec 2y ago> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_money https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_money I'm not talking only about USA - it's laughable that they can't enact proper laws so this doesn't happen. > i'd argue tiktok is more fair and democratic Then I think you're a fool and it's useless to talk to you anymore.