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by dogman144 869 days ago
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.