[joeyrobert]

I didn't follow the whole session (only saw the memes about it on TikTok), but in the recent congressional hearing, was the TikTok CEO grilled on misinformation on his platform? I see tonnes of astroturfed content on TikTok, significantly more than other platforms. Russia bots, flat earthers, moon-landing deniers, 9/11 truthers -- obvious misinformation. I've reported these before under misinformation but the report is usually rejected. Does TikTok turn a blind eye to these things, or is it the nature of the algorithm that I'm exposed to more content outside my "bubble"?

[dogman144]

There’s ample research to indicate CN govt encourages TikTok’s content to be steered in support of foreign policy goals related to the demographic of the user.

So, when you see a mess of divisive content on there, and you’re in the UK (maybe?, re: “tonnes”), the content is there for a reason perhaps. …Stoke the fires of Western users’ current inability to handle this content without some % of the viewers losing their minds and <last 6 yrs of instability>.

This has been reported on amply by Washington Post the Guardian as early as 2019.