• PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    “It’s okay that the CCP pushes propaganda because billionaires do it too” - Tiktok defenders

        • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net
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          5 days ago

          The researchers found that while TikTok might not deliver more pro-CCP content, it did deliver less anti-CCP content than the rival platforms.

          Umm, that’s not really propaganda, homie. That’s simple censorship. There’s a difference.

          • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            5 days ago

            The very next thing said in the article:

            The team next looked at engagement to see if this explained why anti-CCP content was performing less well. But it found that TikTok users “liked or commented on anti-CCP content nearly four times as much as they liked or commented on pro-CCP content, yet the search algorithm produced nearly three times as much pro-CCP content”. This didn’t happen on Instagram or YouTube.