Comment by jmyeet

In the words of Noam Chomsky [1]:

> [Manufacturing Consent] argues that the mass communication media of the U.S. "are effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out a system-supportive propaganda function, by reliance on market forces, internalized assumptions, and self-censorship, and without overt coercion", by means of the propaganda model of communication.

The problem with Tiktok, as far as the government is concerned, is the lack of control on narrative when Meta, Twitter and Google are an extension of the US State Department (eg [2]).

The Tiktok ban came together in a matter of days as a bipartisan effort weeks after the ADL said (in leaked audio) that they have a "TikTok problem" [3].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent

[2]: https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/...

[3]: https://x.com/TaylorNoakes/status/1766612105426596297