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[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 13 points 6 days ago

Kill it kill it!

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

When Xi is the only way to save the US.

[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 11 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Genuinely, how would it be any different to Twitter and Truth Social then? I've not used any of them so maybe I don't understand the distinction between each

[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago

A much bigger young audience?

[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

TikTok is a short video social platform. People post only videos. The two you mentioned are short public messaging social platforms, with the capability to post/include videos.

That's not really what this is about, though. TikTok was not under their control, so they're trying to take control and follow their script of media and social control.

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[–] ludicolo@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

pretty sure cults are maga (talking about spawnism).

[–] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (18 children)

One more step towards the US becoming an NK clone. This is a good opportunity for Loops to advertise themselves as the anti-Tiktok.

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tiktok was China's soft propaganda because they suppressed unfavorable content rather then promote favorable content. Trump going full MAGA with it would kill the platform because people use tiktok to stop thinking about distressing things. Not be exposed to more of it.

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[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 days ago

Another interesting news! I'm blessed! Like they already do missinformation.

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

He isn't even trying to be an American president. Only to his lie-loving MAGA.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 days ago (16 children)

TikTok was never good. Have at it.

Though, he is always free to start his own MAGA-themed video service, much like he did with Truth Social. I think the problem is — and if he doesn't know it, he's been advised, with crayons and hand puppets — that running a server serving video is orders of magnitude more expensive than running a server hosting a text-based social network.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

TikTok and Instagram were never good, but they provided a platform for people on the streets to provide real time updates on current events that countered the state narrative/propaganda on main stream media.

TikTok and Instagram exposed the truth about the American empire to a significant portion of the population. They want to make sure it's all controlled state approved content, they want to eliminate our ability to reach eyes and ears.

So sure, have at the Chinese propaganda platform, but not without an alternative that allows us to reach wide audiences... And we don't have an alternative... Not enough people are on the fediverse and the learning curve is pretty massive.

[–] MangioneDontMiss@feddit.nl 10 points 6 days ago

they've made protest illegal by classifying antifa as terrorist, now they're coming after social media to make sure there is no outlet for protest online either. I don't think people are making a big enough deal about this. This is extremely bad.

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[–] zululove@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Fake and lame

[–] Juice@midwest.social 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maga should totally mess around with social media censorship, worked out great in Indonesia

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