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TikTok is seen as lacking the Zionist censorship of other social media, meanwhile you got shit like this (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by mar_k@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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There's certainly a larger anti-zionist crowd on the app, but western tiktok is 100% still run by neoliberal ghouls

I've reported blatantly fascist stuff on the platform before; a comment saying race mixing is immoral, a comment saying desegregation ruined America, a video saying Gaza should be turned into a parking lot, and I've ALWAYS ended up getting the "we've reviewed your report and found no violation" thing. Exact same shit I've gotten with Instagram, Reddit, and pre-Musk Twitter

Meanwhile today I commented this at a The Strokes fan with an Israeli flag in their name, and fully ratio'd them before getting this notification a few hours later:

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[-] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 33 points 11 months ago

I heard some left commentary on this issue that I think best sums up what we have seen with censorship from these companies: The government pressures private companies that own these platforms to establish private censorship guidelines to get around constitutional protections against censorship.

I think that currently the government is struggling to adapt their censorship regime to the new communications structure/technology brought on by the growth and evolution of the internet. They haven't got the new censorship regime completely down yet.

Also, isn't it the most neolib thing imaginable for the government to manage its censorship regime through what is essentially a web of public-private partnerships with companies like Google.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The government pressures private companies that own these platforms to establish private censorship guidelines to get around constitutional protections against censorship.

I don't even think they need to apply pressure at the corporate level most of the time. The decision makers for stuff like this have only two sources of work that maintain their standard of living: other media companies, and government work. It's very easy to pressure people with extremely specialized line of work,.