Post AxSbsjynL915WoZXNY by ClimateJenny@biodiversity.social
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(DIR) Post #AxSZlV4SAjgDM1df04 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-23T11:29:20Z
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It is illegal for tiktok to be in the app stores in the US. It's legal to use the app, but we currently have a law on the books that says it shouldn't be in app stores and this isn't being enforced. And that seems like a good thing until you also note that creators on the platform have claimed that they have been banned and their content throttled by the algorithm if it's "anti-trump"Have any of you noticed this?I used to do a lot on tiktok with ant videos, had a few of them blow up.
(DIR) Post #AxSZwSZnmpConsWmdE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-23T11:31:17Z
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But I haven't been on there for two years and don't really want to go back, nor did I ever have a strong understanding of the landscape of political content on tiktok. Some people really enjoy the algorithm and can just watch what is served. That's never worked for me. I like to pick all of the videos I watch, even though I do like to watch a lot of short videos. In any case having tiktok "sort of banned" is bad. Ideally don't ban it... or just ban it and enforce the law.
(DIR) Post #AxSbQfIR9tFytZN8me by quinn@social.circl.lu
2025-08-23T11:47:55Z
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@futurebird it erodes the rule of law, but perhaps even more, it erodes the expectations of living in a lawful society. It's the perfect state of compromise for an autocrat. A little treat, but wholly contingent on the autocrat, and outside the framework of the rule of law.
(DIR) Post #AxSbsjynL915WoZXNY by ClimateJenny@biodiversity.social
2025-08-23T11:52:57Z
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@futurebird TikTok is tricky because it has an Algorithm with Chinese Characteristics. It seems to be focused on suppressing certain words, so TikTok people just censor those words without censoring the message. This is the origin of “unalive.” The current thing is to refer to demonstrations as “music festivals.” FWIW my TikTok political content is 98% lefty/ anti-Trump, and the latest Stephen Miller sound bite was the first thing that popped up when I opened it yesterday.
(DIR) Post #AxSd2u9oSECbwa8VhQ by Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange
2025-08-23T12:06:02Z
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@futurebird Last year Trump had a meeting with a GOP donor with a large stake in ByteDance and since inauguration has been extending relief from the ban. The day after the ban was to go into effect and Trump proclaimed the ban postponed, the ByteDance CEO put out a public message of gratitude to Trump. The White House has just opened a TikTok account. Not surprising anti=Trump messaging on TikTok would be banned. They're now bound together by the dependency on the mob boss. And as to laws, the U.S. is now a post-law society when it comes to anything related to Trump.
(DIR) Post #AxSsK9uYdKL12Ugbgm by 4raylee@mathstodon.xyz
2025-08-23T14:57:15Z
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@futurebird Agreed. Though this way, it’s a sword of Damocles held over their head. If they stop filtering out anti-Trump content, the ban can be immediately enforced. OTOH China might think a weak America is good for China, so why would they?
(DIR) Post #AxSvPvq4APZizi1uQy by hackbyte@friendica.utzer.de
2025-08-23T15:27:47Z
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@Nonya_Bidniss @futurebird Heck ... even the fecking german government more or less abandoned their @bundestag account and just this week announced that they go on to create a tiktok account..wtf is going on?? 🙁