TikTok has been pushing Chinese propaganda to millions of users in Europe: analysis::More than 1,000 ads from Chinese state media outlets have run on European users’ TikTok feeds since October 2022, according to the platform’s latest ad library update that was analyzed by Forbes.
If there’s to be regulation on this, it has to be universal and has to apply to all states including the US, and all social media platforms equally.
Otherwise leave it to people to decide what they want to watch. Louis Rossman’s view on the matter (guy on YT who complains about Apple and other bad behaviour by big companies) changed recently. Video: I was WRONG about banning tiktok - here’s why I changed my mind
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The New York Post isn’t committing cultural genocide right now.
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China literally has concentration camps dedicated to wiping out millions of Uighurs. Go back to China tankie.
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You didn’t need to add cultural to that sentence.
If I don’t then people will say “oh it’s not actually genocide because they aren’t exterminating anybody”.
…why would you read either of them?
Cgtn can be pretty alright to be fair. Especially if you want a more dry approach to science news instead of sensationalised shit. It’s much less entertaining though, which I guess is what you should expect from something that isn’t running for the sake of clicks/views.
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Which areas?
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Yeah sounds about right for the chinese, we should give mongolia nukes to see if china keeps making false claims afterwards.
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Mongolia is being used for slave labor to mine dirty coal
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Tibet was annexed in the 1950’s by China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Tibet_by_the_People's_Republic_of_China
- China is using Africans as slave labor right now in the Congo to mine rare earth elements used in electronics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I3K7fhLmcE&list=LL&index=5&t=523s
(To be fair, the EU and US aren’t stopping China and are benefitting from this slave labor also)
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China threatens Taiwan every week despite Taiwan not wanting to be a part of China (their democratic choice)
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China Tried invading Vietnam after we left and lost in the 1970’s
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China threatens India’s border all the time
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The Uyghur Muslims are now officially being exterminated and genocided by the CCP
I mean, would you like me to go on? I can name 4,000,000,000 times they’ve now been caught doing the shadiest most awful things around the world. The list goes on and on and on
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Not saying it’s a lie, but sourcing from NYPost is automatically a huge red flag.
I’ll put more stock in this when it’s reported by reputable outlets.
It’s literally linked in the first paragraph.
TikTok has flooded millions of Europeans with ads from Chinese state propaganda outlets on topics like COVID-19 and tourism in the troubled Xinjiang region, according to an analysis of a recent ad library conducted by Forbes.
Good.
i’m not surprised at all with this.
Propaganda is alive and well in the USA too, especially if you consider it in the most liberal sense.
There’s an incredible amount of advertising in the media telling me what I need to think about any issue you can imagine. Most people just ignore it, but it annoys the crap out of me. I’ll make up own damn mind, thank you.
This is a modern development, you never saw that crap forty years ago. I’m old enough to remember the before time. Most of it I can avoid simply by not watching commercial TV and blocking ads on the internet. Though sometimes it squeaks through on the TV and it makes me want to throw a chair at it.
When I do have the misfortune of seeing that garbage it’s usually on TV and has an Ad Council logo on it. Who are these people and how are they able to egregiously spend the large amounts of money it takes to repeat ads on TV like that. That’s a lot of money consumed in a futile attempt to brainwash me through repetition.
They could take that same ad money and actually use it to provide relief for some important social issues, like starving children. Instead they’d rather use it to try and influence my opinion in a futile way. Man that is really fucked up when you think about it.
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Mobile gaming is also up there, with in app purchases, Gatcha addiction mechanisms which are basically modern day gambling, and yes also ad spamming. Where would you rank it?
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Most people just ignore it
In a way yeah sure, but the unconscius doesn’t forget 24/7 ads. We can’t possibly escape them since they’re literally everywhere. Whatever you buy, is done under the influence of at least some kind of advertisement (buy cheap/ fancy/ green/ fuckall)
Yeah, yeah, it’s Chinese government propaganda, but isn’t all advertisement basically propaganda? “Everything is rosy in Xinjiang” is a harmful lie, but so is “if you buy a big-ass truck you’ll be a manly man” and frankly I think the latter is causing a lot more damage because it’s one that people act on.
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We could focus on the problems of our own country, and maybe try and solve them in some capacity. But why do that when we can look far away, at problems that don’t affect us in the slightest? Usually it boils down to “I’m not doing good, but they are doing much worse”. It’s a soothing balm, that takes away the need to go irl and do something.
TLDR: we’re lazy.
See that other article on the NYPost next to this one? A guy turned himself into a border collie? He’s a dog now and it only cost $20,000.
Great news source. No problems here. Not click bait garbage at all. Nope, not meant for maximum sharing. Thanks L4sBot for your contribution.
In the first paragraph:
TikTok has flooded millions of Europeans with ads from Chinese state propaganda outlets on topics like COVID-19 and tourism in the troubled Xinjiang region, according to an analysis of a recent ad library conducted by Forbes.
I’d still object to NYPost being used as source for anything outside shitpost or a degen meme community like NCD.
Good thing we have a legit Forbes article to back this up!
$20,000 to become your fursona would be a fucking steal to most furries, they would sell everything for that.
Yeah well Orwell’s 1984 was way off then. The government does not even have to force people to install devices in their homes that blare government propaganda 24/7. They are doing it willingly, enthusiastiacally even, and they don’t even have to be citizens of that government lol
Who would have thought?
Who would have thought?
Aldus Huxley?
George Orwell
Aldus Huxley?
No big surprise here. It’s been their agenda since the start. Only consumers are fucking stupid for taking it in.
And yet, smart geniuses like you take nypost articles in…
Don’t need nypost articles. This has been common knowledge for years now, basically since it’s been knowledge that it’s been Chinese. Just look at the whole huwei incident.
Is Forbes good enough for you?
Propaganda is propaganda, no matter how smart you feel reading something you agree with.
You don’t like the nypost source but when a better one is linked all of a sudden no source is now good enough.
I mentioned nypost, because OP linked a nypost article. And yes… there are no sources or sides or whatever good enough. The Chinese don’t give a fuck about you. So does nypost or whatever source you blindly believe in. It’s just that the latter does have something to gain from your belief.
No one is allowed to report this story, got it.
I never said this. You can read whatever confirms your own belief…
Damn, what’s gave that away I wonder !!
ooh It’s another american TIktok hitpiece, where Americans blame the Chinese for same exact things that they are guilty of. I still can’t believe how butthurt some US elites are about TikTok. The worlds social media monopoly is such precious thing to them.
The NYPost (low-quality tabloid) is just echoing an actual article at Forbes, which can also be accessed in archive form here.
In general, when a low-quality tabloid site merely reports on the existence of research done by actual reporters, it’s better to follow the links and post the researched article instead of the tabloid one.
NYPost is owned by the same company that owns FOX News.
I have been seeing some really low effort propaganda that verges on trolling from Forbes on YouTube.
Spread the gospel! Cite the primary sources as much as possible.
Though the secondary sources are equally important (adding some commentary can be very helpful), the secret is to be critical of whatever you read.
That’s something we’re supposed to learn in High School.
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