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by ashtonkem 2082 days ago
Of course, this also raises the uncomfortable prospect that the disaffected enlistee content is genuine, and that the propagandists don’t like it.
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That only proves there's propaganda on all sides. No one said anyone is a good guy, only that the interest is in keeping adversarial propaganda at bay.
The issue is not the authenticity of the claim.

It's easy to find anyone to have any opinion you want.

The issues is the legitimacy of the popularity, targets, the censorship of opposing claims etc. etc..

It's easy to see how many press outlets bend the truth to suit their narrative, now imagine how far that could be bent by a foreign actor.

'Media' in it's classical forms is effectively a protected industry, it's less evident in the US, but it's de-facto true.

TikTok content is all over the place - some of it is surely going to be problematic and those things can spike. Most things that are 'taboo' attract considerable attention, and are likely to be promoted by attention-based algorithms.

In particular, I've seen a lot of young girls advertising their personal porn pages. I don't so much have a problem with that legally ... but I certainly have concerns about normalizing sex work among our 18 year olds. We actually do curate content out of social concerns etc. - it's why you don't see 'porn' on CNN, but if you want to get it, of course you can in a free society.