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minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·13 days agoOK, so lets say they moderated it the same way here as they did in China… All good now? I don’t think it matters at all how tiktok is actually being managed or moderated in the US - Americans simply do not trust anything Chinese. The cold war never ended.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoBy moderating, if you mean using the same algorithm for the content feed, it would make a significant difference to a lot of people I believe.
minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoNot a chance lol Most americans don’t know a single thing about China, but almost every one of them would tell you that it’s a anti-free speech hellscape. The only thing that matters is that it originated in China. Nothing else they do could change the opinion of the american public.
OK, so lets say they moderated it the same way here as they did in China… All good now?
I don’t think it matters at all how tiktok is actually being managed or moderated in the US - Americans simply do not trust anything Chinese.
The cold war never ended.
By moderating, if you mean using the same algorithm for the content feed, it would make a significant difference to a lot of people I believe.
Not a chance lol
Most americans don’t know a single thing about China, but almost every one of them would tell you that it’s a anti-free speech hellscape.
The only thing that matters is that it originated in China. Nothing else they do could change the opinion of the american public.