• winterayars@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Yet nobody cares about US companies like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube manipulating public opinion with their algorithms.

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      3 months ago

      This isnt the point.

      An adverserial nation shouldnt be able to influence public opinion like that.

      We all understand that those companies do nefarious things. Imo its quite a bit different when its a whole ass country purposefully manipulating public opinion and they dont like the united states.

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        3 months ago

        I get it, i don’t want to live in China but i don’t want to live in whatever Elon Musk has planned for the US, either, and his wealth gives him undue influence over… pretty much everything. You’re not convincing me you’ve got a consistent take here if you’re cool with Twitter but not TikTok.

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        3 months ago

        Seems bizarre that people are okay with public opinion being explicitly manipulated by a very small group of people with very little overlapping interest with the public, but not okay with public opinion being explicitly manipulated by a very small group of people with very little overlapping interest with the public from a foreign country.

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          3 months ago

          Not really. One can be dealt with if needs be, since they’re US companies. The other can’t because it’s the Chinese government.