The times dives into an intelligence report on how TikTok’s political algorithm anomalies align with the CCP’s Geostrategic Objectives https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/A-Tik-Tok-ing-Timebomb_12.21.23.pdf
As well as a Wall Street Journal analysis https://www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-israel-gaza-hamas-war-a5dfa0ee
Which found that TikTok has “found evidence that TikTok was promoting extreme content, especially against Israel. (China has generally sided with Hamas.)”
I think there’s a pretty strong argument that a pro-corporate tilt doesn’t result in a difference in content promotion regarding Tibet, Tiananmen Square, Hong Kong, and/or Uyghur.
You could argue the US military industrial complex might push South China Sea, pro-Taiwan, pro-Ukraine, and pro-Isreal content; that seems distant enough from (e.g.) Facebook, but I’m not sure how we’d tell. We don’t have a major social media platform in a place like (e.g.) Switzerland to study (granted, the way Proton is expanding they might try).
In any case, I do think it’s pretty damning that China’s direct conflicts, Tiananmen Square and Hong Kong are basically suppressed to the point of being nil.
How about a difference in content promotion regarding Israel? You know, the country the MiC makes a huge amount of money supporting?
Read past the first paragraph…
I did. My apologies, I saw pro-Taiwan, but somehow missed the pro-Israel next to it.
Okay, then yeah; I think we’re in agreement more research would be needed (and difficult!).
I can’t dissuade or dismiss your point … but I am personally less convinced there is a correlation.