TikTok says it’s not the algorithm, teens are just pro-Palestine — The company denied allegations that it has been promoting pro-Palestine content in an effort to sway American opinion::In a blog post, the company denied allegations that it has been promoting pro-Palestine content in an effort to sway American opinion.

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      Tiktok also didn’t censor the major protests in France like Facebook and Twitter did at the time.

      Theres only a handful of social media outlets. Tik tok is just not suppressing the Pro Palestine content like Western owned media outlets have been.

      We speak lots of " free speech " in the West, but look how quick, German, British, American, Canadian government and media spheres are united in calling Palestine protestors terrorists and supporting hamas.

      Its just our lack of free speech being exposed when it goes against the powers that be.

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        Tiktok also didn’t censor the major protests in France like Facebook and Twitter did at the time.

        That proves nothing, it might equally be in China’s geopolitical interest to support discontent and protests in the West. A more interesting question is if TikTok would promote content about the Uyghur genocide the same way.

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          Well we know for a fact that China has it’s own Douyin (Tiktok) app and that it prioritises stopping any inkling of random social movements/organisation through social media.

          So this isn’t really a mystery at all. Within China they are subject to their laws. Elsewhere they follow global norms.

          I actually think all the furore about China and Tiktok was really not about Chinese control over Tiktok in the West, but about the West’s own control over Tiktok. Much like how Huawei was booted for not allowing US intelligence agencies to put in backdoors, rather than actually enabling spying itself (this came out last year iirc).

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      There’s a ton of support for the Palestinian people out there. It would strongly appear to be suppressed on commercial social media sites. I can’t say that Tiktok isn’t amplifying it, but as you poke around on open social platforms that tend to censor less, you see a lot more Pro-Palestine news and content. If you go through twitter or facebook and find specific regional bloggers, the content is out there but if doesn’t seem to pass the algorithm

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        The issue is not censorship, it’s disinformation and Hamas is all over it when allowed.

        • 𝕽𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖙@lemmy.world
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          And conversely the Israeli government is known for its commitment to accuracy and preventing misinformation right?

          I agree disinformation is an issue, but it’s an issue across the board on both sides of any issue

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            I’m skeptical that hamas has the resources to spread much misinformation to us. This doesn’t feel like a “both sides” time.

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              They literally have the government platform in Gaza and are for some reason believed at face value despite being more wrong than right. They are also amplified by multiple Arab states and their state run news organizations.

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                Right. I don’t think the Palestinian government has the propaganda resources to match the combined Israeli and US governments.

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      China gains nothing by Mideast conflict.

      Israel - clearly does not care about things like democracy and human rights.

      I can see them drawing closer to China.

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        Russia arguably gains via ties with Iran and decrease of U.S. influence in the region. But, as far as news, reporting, information are concerned, it’s pretty irrelevant, if there’s actual propaganda then let it be shown and debunked, and even Iranian RT right now is barely saying anything surprising to anyone who’s been watching what’s happening on the ground.