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[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 93 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

May? Trump said he's giving his son the CEO job.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago

and adding 150million into his bank account/investment portfolio.

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 60 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought the nazi propaganda on the internet was annoying 20 years ago when I occasionally bumped into it. Now I'll have to carefully curate the internet to not have to hear it constantly. Jfc.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Have you tried accommodation, no consequences and tolerance? Works every time toward fascists.

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've personally got a lot on my plate. In trying to survive. There was a time I was more active, but its a young man's/woman's game.

[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 57 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Might? It was pretty clear that the goal of buying it was to turn it in a rightwing propaganda machine

[–] dhhyfddehhfyy4673@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And the catalyst was clearly the nonstop exposure of Israel slaughtering innocents.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 days ago

We’d be here regardless.

[–] suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

They explicitly said that the goal of buying it was to turn it into a rightwing propaganda machine

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

its not a tiktok sale and i dont understand why media keeps repeating this. they're licensing the algorithm to a new spun off us company silo'ed from the rest of the world.

also tiktok has been garbage slop forever anyway.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And CCP Military based in Beijing will still be maintaining it, they're only moving it to a Cloud Server.

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Glad I deleted Tik Tok and all it's bullshit

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago

Glad I never had tiktok and all it's bullshit.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

its either thirst traps, or desperate people trying to get clout.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 23 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

This was the plan all along. It became enormously influential, so Trump is forcing China to sell it to MAGA and become ANOTHER mouthpiece for the Conservative Propaganda Machine. They did it to Twitter, they did it to Reddit, and now they're going to do it to TikTok.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

i peeked over r/space, and there were people complaining about reddit deleting comments, and promoting right wing content, i was thinking your not helping by still using the platform. they were aslo discussing moving to lemmr, but they claim lemmy isnt good enough for one reason or another.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago

I like Lemmy, I certain only am freer to speak my mind, although the mods can get pretty weird here, too. Mods are mods, whaddayagonnado?

I miss the multiple massive forums devoted to hobbies and interests. I love guitars and animals, and Lemmy doesn't do either one very well, or any other lifestyle forums, for that matter.

I can scratch my political itch, but not much more.

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[–] egerlach@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If China is okay with the sale that means it's not good for the US. Danger, Will Robinson, danger!

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Because the Mainlander government see it as a useful tool for which to make the US collapse.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

its useful propaganda tool for gen-z users

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I mean it already is the biggest superspreader of far right content in Europe and I would assume in the US as well. But please don‘t come with anecdotes about your TikTok experience because it‘s the most personalized content platform so it‘s irrelevant what your feed looks like right now. I‘m saying this because often times at least one TikTok user will rush in to defend the platform with their personal experience whenever this is brought up.

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The political part of my feed is pretty much hard left wing - but when I open the comments the top responders are the most right wing PoS's I've ever seen. Which is so stupid because they'll have max 200 thumbs up while a rational left wing respons will ratio them out of the water

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

thats astroturfing, the troll farms have thousands of bots that can do that at once.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's used to divide but I think it leans the opposite way in north America. The GOP wouldn't have such a hate boner for it if it was pushing the same bullshit they are.

Hard to remember but I think a lot of pro Palestinian vids were on tiktok while the other social media sites were suppressing it when it all started. I only heard of this, I don't have an account.

It's leaning in Europe is well known though.

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

They are not becoming more right-wing, they are becoming more pro-Israel.Even Netanyahu said that they are buying TikTok to brainwash the youth with Israeli propaganda.

[–] atmorous@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Soooo any open source tiktok alternatives anyone can recommend?

Edit:

Found Some alternatives on https://alternativeto.net/:

Loops by Pixelfed, Vidzy, Olas (Very new), & Spark.so all seem interesting

[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait is the US more right-wing than China? Isn't China supposed to be an authoritarian hell hole committing genocide and the USA a bastion of freedom, merely helping with a genocide?

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, it is always a competition on who can be worse.

[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yea, capitalism tends to do that :/

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[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't care about tiktok. Just don't use ut

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah but if you live in a democracy those people with their rotten brains will have as much decision power as you do. 😔

If the US becomes a democracy again, we might really have to worry about that! /s

[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

"The calls are coming from inside the house!"

[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's great for controlling the minds if millions.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

they are hoping to capture the gen-z crowd into leaning right wing before they jump ship to another platform.

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The optimism of using the word might is doing some heavy lifting here.

[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One more platform goes to shit

[–] Zealousideal_Fox_900@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Brother the only fucking content on that app was stupid people fighting over rights to own trends and people giving fuel to the "LGB without the T" clowns. Just a fucking shitshow of an app. I saw an 11 year old child trying to get a girlfriend on there too.

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[–] keyzerSuze@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

May => will become more right wing. whats the alternative

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