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TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban (www.npr.org)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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And they're already kissing Trump's ass

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I did some research and now I know why Trump wants to "save" TikTok.

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-tiktok-courted-conservatives-before-trumps-win

https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/tiktok-and-white-supremacist-content/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/on-tiktok-misogyny-and-white-supremacy-slip-through-enforcement-gap

https://www.counterextremism.com/press/extremist-content-online-tiktok-accounts-spreading-extreme-right-propaganda-and-glorifying

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/16/congress/tiktok-sponsor-trump-inauguration-party-00198825

This one is especially damning:

TikTok is spending $50,000 on an inauguration party honoring influencers who helped Donald Trump spread his campaign message, according to the party organizer — and it’s scheduled for Sunday, the deadline for the company to spin off from its China-based owner or be banned in the U.S.

CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to attend.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

$50,000

lol peanuts aren't that damning... Capital in USA is spending millions and millions on Trump's inauguration.

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5227874/trump-bezos-zuckerberg-amazon-facebook-open-ai-meta-inauguration-fund

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

50k gets you an "I'll see what I can do" .

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

Well yeah, it’s no secret that TikTok had a white supremacy problem. There was a researcher who discovered that they could make a brand new account and (by only interacting with certain types of content) get white supremacists on their For You page within 20 minutes. Algorithmic feeds are funny like that, because they just gauge engagement. The algorithm isn’t making any moral decisions on whether the engaging content is socially acceptable. For better or worse, it just goes “this person likes this content, so I’ll show them more.”