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by jakubmazanec 527 days ago
Is the content on the TV generated for you by some black box algorithm? Is it hard to determine who finances the political ads you see on TV? No and no, so no.
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valec 527 days ago
actually, yes, it is extremely hard to determine who finances the political ads you see on TV.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_money

and how is a black box algorithm any worse than a system where only large corporate gatekeepers control what you see? if anything, i'd argue tiktok is more fair and democratic.

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jakubmazanec 527 days ago
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_money

I'm not talking only about USA - it's laughable that they can't enact proper laws so this doesn't happen.

> i'd argue tiktok is more fair and democratic

Then I think you're a fool and it's useless to talk to you anymore.

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