• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      How is he being blackmailed by TWO superpowers?

      It’s hardly blackmail. He’s benefited immensely from the right wing turn on TikTok. They’ve got a Sword of Damacles over their heads that can drop any time the site turns against him.

      He’s extorting them.

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      21 hours ago

      The far right is using TikTok to reach young demographics. Banning it directly contradicts his interests.

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        15 hours ago

        Yeah, all of the “vibes are off” jokes aside, TikTok is drastically different after the ban was lifted. I have gotten straight up racist and fascist propaganda on my fyp, and there are a lot of sympathetic comments on those videos. But I never got those videos before, because my algorithm was automatically filtering them out. It’s almost as if the app has been programmed to bypass the algorithm and occasionally show alt-right talking points to everyone, just in the hopes of casting as wide a net as possible.

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          8 hours ago

          I’ve had that experience on all social media platforms. Sometimes just straight up hard right propaganda will appear on my feed and I have to block it again and again.