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submitted 10 months ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

Among others, the social media company, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, has removed certain hashtags from the Creative Center that some online researchers had stored for analysis. They include topics that would be seen as controversial to the Chinese government – such as “UyghurGenocide” and “TiananmenSquare”- as well as hashtags about U.S. politics and the war in Gaza and Ukraine.

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[-] UNIX84@beehaw.org 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Man locks the front door to his house after refusing to answer the question, "Why do you beat your wife?"

Looks like Meta is using some of the stock price increase from the past few months to fund their media marketing campaign again.

It's an election year. We are going to hear more about this and omg China.

Just remember that unlike Insta and FB the far right doesn't go viral on TikTok. The platform that supported insurrection, the company that has allowed the far right to flourish and led to a direct assault on representative democracy, remains unpunished and is bigger today than 2020.

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

TikTok is still home to ridiculous (and even deadly) misinformation, especially vaccine related misinformation, and it’s still a corporation that makes billions of dollars per year. They also have a history of a litany of issues with LGBTQ users. It’s kind of ridiculous to compare scientific study of it as a social platform to invading the home of a private citizen.

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