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I would say the possible threat is more than FB is assumed to have been responsible for, whether it is true or not is a different story.

While FB's perceived threat was(is?) targeting of users on behavioral models, for misinformation campaigns. Tiktok's goes beyond this, with a state actor pushing its propaganda with active blessing of the platform itself and curbing dissent against itself. Considering how we have seen companies self censor for CCP, I wouldn't say the curbing dissent thing is far fetched.

On a similar note, I used to consider SCMP reporting of high standard different from Xinhua/CGTN and free from interference as it was based in HK. But lately I have seen them publish stories to push CCP agenda without proper fact checking.

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Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't we already see censoring of any references to the Tiananmen Square massacre on Tik Tok back in July?

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I am not sure if it was this July but yeah, there was news of them censoring content around Tianamen, Tibet and other topics sensitive to CCP