Comment by lenerdenator
4 days ago
> 2. The govt is mad that they have control over the narrative on Facebook but do not on TikTok
If the last four years are indicative of anything, it's that the US government has fairly limited control over the narrative on American social platforms.
I lost count of how many times I saw people typing in "FJB" and "MAGA".
"FJB" and "MAGA" are within the bounds of allowed political discourse and were encouraged.
"Throw the bums out" without any additional coherent political project is precisely what the elites allow and what allows them to maintain power.
I mean, if you want to ignore the fact that the JB was Joe Biden and he was quite literally President of the United States when that was a trend, sure.
Same with MAGA after January 6th.
Why would you have to "ignore" those facts?
It was a concerted effort to channel quiescently conservative voters into national electoral politics.
Neither of those challenged the super-structure.
Or, maybe, those things they don't see as a problem.
These shifty foreigners, however... Xenophobia isn't just some old timey things we use to do
Facebook is extremely censored re: the genocide in Gaza
TikTok is not
Is it censored, or do most people just not talk about it on Facebook?
It's interesting how incredibly supportive of human rights that a platform in bed with the CCP became, no? Do you think that China's human rights bugaboos are often discussed on their internal social networks?
It's amplified.
It is censored.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c786wlxz4jgo
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship...
No, I do not think China's bugaboos are allowed on TikTok for the exact same reason the US's are not allowed on Facebook
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Wait, but I like the issue being amplified. Do you not?
there's a billion people on facebook, i am sure people talk about it
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tiktok is extremely censored re: genocide in xinjiang. facebook is not.
Great, so we have TikTok where we can access information that's being censored by the West, and Facebook to access information that's being censored by the East. What's the problem? Information wants to be free.
Not disagreeing, that's exactly my point, the govt wants to be able control the narrative
There are places in the west where you risk losing your job just by mentioning the ongoing genocide that is happening now in Gaza. I'm not defending the CCP in any way, it's just that power corrupts and abuse of power happens pretty much everywhere.
i feel that we overuse the word genocide nowadays, in a way that almost amounts to holocaust trivialization
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Trump won, the Russian misinformation campaign is over now. You can stop making stuff up about Jews now.