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by kvn8888 1174 days ago
OP is irrational here. You can find videos about 'Uyghur genocide' with that exact search term and countless of Tiananmen square videos.

Memes about Tiananmen square were popular on that platform. As well as videos critical of the CCP.

Anyone who claims otherwise clearly hasn't used Tiktok. And they'll shift goalposts to fit their narrative
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wkat4242 1174 days ago
Well yeah because this platform is focused on Western markets. TikTok is not available in China itself, there's a different version.

There's no point in hiding these things from western users because we already know about them. If they will block them it will only attract more attention (aka Streisand effect)

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chrisjc 1174 days ago
Why would they ban those kinds of videos. I'm sure we wouldn't be having this debate if they did, because TikTok would have already been shut down in the US and many other countries. And obviously the content makers would just use the platform replacing TikTok to pick up where they left off. The reasons put forth for banning TikTok extend far beyond censorship.

Moreover, having observability into who and what are publishing such content arguably provides more value than censorship. Now you know who to watch, who/where/when they are, who their friends/family/associates/audiance are, and build out models and networks to provide even better overall observability and predictability over what you might see as a threat.

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throwawaymaths 1174 days ago
That's only because they got called out on it.
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throwaway29812 1174 days ago
> OP is irrational here. You can find videos about 'Uyghur genocide' with that exact search term and countless of Tiananmen square videos.

Sure, but would you get delivered this content if you didn't search for it?

Or if you are in a contested region? https://futurism.com/china-hong-kong-censoring-protests-tikt...

Big difference.

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kvn8888 1174 days ago
Yes. I've been delivered John Cena bing chilling memes with slightly racist undertones. I've seen memes about Tiananmen square. Winnie the pooh xi jinping memes.

And we're talking about TikTok content in America, not in Hong Kong.

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