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submitted 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

The sequence of events as far as I can recall:

  • Trump promised to ban TikTok
  • TikTok was slated to be "banned" in the twilight of Biden's term
  • Trump says he'd give it 90 days to make a decision
  • Biden decides not to ban it, handing it off to Trump
  • TikTok goes dark
  • It returns, but if you search for something anti-Trump in the United States, you can't find it
  • Using a VPN will give you that content
  • Various news outlets are now calling it Trump's "Propaganda Arm"

What the fuck is going on? From a political or technological standpoint.

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[-] colforge@lemm.ee -5 points 7 hours ago

I’ve certainly had no dearth of anti-Trump content rolling through my feed. Sounds to me like people who don’t use TikTok are just making stuff up that fits their worldview.

[-] Glide@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

I don't have TikTok, but if you do, isn't this easily verifiable? Just go try searching one of the relevant terms.

[-] colforge@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I guess my previous comment was unclear. There is PLENTY of anti-trump content on my feed that is definitely not getting suppressed. I just searched “pro choice”, “vice president musk”, “antifa”, “black lives matter”, “trans rights”, “felon musk”, “trump sucks”, “trump felonies”, and “vote blue” and found plenty of results for all of them.

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