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by NickC25 40 days ago
Just do what China does, how fucking hard is it? They have 4x, almost 5x the population of the US.

STEM or verifiable educational content only. Have a review team and an AI that moderates content. No politics, no stupid dances, no monetization of content, no slop, and only credentialed people can post on certain topics (ie a delivery driver shouldn't make posts on theoretical mathematics).
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tt24 40 days ago
What you described sounds like an authoritarian hellscape and the suggestion would be met with laughter in any civilized country.
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NickC25 40 days ago
It's what happens in China with Tiktok. The Party said Tiktok needed to have educational content instead of stupid content. Tiktok complied.

The CCP may be many bad things, but they don't fuck around when it comes to education and making sure their youth aren't wasting their youth on stupid dance videos.

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tt24 40 days ago
I am aware that that’s what happens. That’s what I’m criticizing.
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