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by CommanderData 821 days ago
The Israel-Palestine conflict is playing a huge part. Israel has had a hard time controlling the narrative on Tiktok as organic support has stemmed from videos from Gaza. Especially amoung teens.

Israel has even gone to lengths to purchase advertisement slots on major platforms showing high budget propaganada. Once it's under US ownership they wll no longer have this issue.
2 comments
isr 820 days ago
To back this up, here is a link to a leaked audio recording, showing the head of the ADL complaining that TikTok was (in his view) responsible for Israel's usual propaganda not gaining traction anymore:

https://twitter.com/SweatieAngle/status/1725897178038595901?...

Lo and behold, now AIPAC's congress want to ban TikTok, effective immediately...

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VK538FY 820 days ago
Fascinating if true. I don't use Tik Tok or 抖音 so I have no idea. Any links?
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CommanderData 819 days ago
I'm a bit late at replying, I can see some others have posted links re: TikTok & Teens / Organic support for Palestine.

There was a slew of Israeli propaganda via YouTube ads post Oct 7, here's an article. https://www.reuters.com/world/graphic-pro-israel-ads-make-th...

A lot of the claims in the videos were later denounced by the Israeli government i.e. Hamas beheaded 40 babies etc. To me theres plenty of signs towards a strong misinformation campaign. Unashamingly.

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VK538FY 818 days ago
Since my comment, I have also found some supporting evidence. My God, the Anglo-Saxons are getting nervous about their land based aircraft carrier in the near east.
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