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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 48 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Tiktok is very pro-Palestine indeed. Compare that to the fascist shithole that reddit is right now (or always has been), and I'd say the kids are alright.

It's not the algorithm, teens are just pro-Palestine

[–] redditsuckss@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I believe reddit is infested with astroturfers paid for by governments.

It's just too manufactured and predictable, at this point.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

believe reddit is infested with astroturfers paid for by governments.

As is tiktok, Facebook, Twitter and pretty much ebmvery other popular platform.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's been coming for a lot longer than the few months since Palestine was back on people's minds. No, this is all about China vs. US.

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 1 points 7 months ago

I agree. It is not in any way a main reason. But it is a data point about how the west does not like a social media app that is not within their complete control.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

No, but it sure is funny watching you useful idiots blame everything except for the Chinese ownership & influence ops on why Tik-tok is about to go bye-bye.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The obsession with TikTok continues.
Are you guys also obsessed with preserving Facebook?

[–] Safipok@lemmy.ml 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's not about a stupid cringe dance sharing app. It's about censorship of social media by vested interest groups.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's a good thing China doesn't censor anything by the West. Or else you'd be calling the kettle black.

[–] rutellthesinful@kbin.social 9 points 7 months ago

that's not how that phrase works

[–] redditsuckss@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Found the useful idiot.

[–] locke@sopuli.xyz 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Does Tiktok have a significant amount of pro-Palestinian propaganda? I honestly don't know, I avoid that thing like a plague.

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It has a lot of footage of the ruins and interviews with kids in Gaza. Which in turn has influenced the other kids on Tiktok.

Half of Gaza is under 18, it's really not surprising there are a lot of them with Tiktok accounts.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How do you feel about Facebook?

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

@WarmSoda um, the above wasn't my "feelings," it was a description of the content of TikTok based on observations.

My description of the content of Facebook is that it skews older, as well as boomers and gen X it has millennials who are fast ageing out of being a youth demographic.

Facebook is more text-heavy and link-based so its users are more likely to repost news and blog articles. Some of the boomers are not very media-savvy. Boomers also seem more likely to support Israel, I would link this to the fact they still consume network news.

[–] redditsuckss@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Ignore this guy. He's a plug or just a normal useful idiot.

There's a trade war going on between the US and China, and it's important the US has people like him to muddy the waters.

[–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] locke@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Drones don't spawn in air in real life, dude. So no, it's not raw foorage.

[–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

?

Just so we're on the same page here - what exactly do you think raw footage means?

[–] locke@sopuli.xyz 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The complete unchanged footage. What do you think it means?

[–] rutellthesinful@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's not mutually exclusive with being shot from a drone, though

Are you going to discredit footage shot from a video camera because "video cameras don't spawn in air in real life, dude"?

Also, while we're at it, what's your definition of "propaganda"?

[–] locke@sopuli.xyz 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are you going to discredit footage shot from a video camera because “video cameras don’t spawn in air in real life, dude”?

I deem it questionable based on that. The internet is full of videos that are cut conveniently or shown without context in order to paint a dishonest picture.

[–] rutellthesinful@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

Also, while we're at it, what's your definition of "propaganda"?

It seems like your definition is broad enough to render all potential forms of media as such, in which case it's not a very useful definition.

[–] BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

People, Palestinians - primary sources - post footage they film on the ground and send out via TikTok et al - that's raw footage. Like I'm still lost on what were you trying to say with that drone comment.

[–] locke@sopuli.xyz 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That doesn't quite track with this footage, unless the drone is Palestinian.