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Was the whole TikTok drama a bait-and-switch to make Trump look good? (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] 261 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I feel like this is an incredibly obvious yes. They were down for 12 hours. They put Trump's name as their savior in the error message... Then the CEO shows up to his inauguration. Trump freely admits that it is because he believes TikTok helped him win the election:

“I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok because I won youth by 34 points,” Trump said in December. “And there are those that say TikTok had something to do with that.”

So. Yeah. Of fucking course it was. Fuck national security and all that nonsense, ME ME ME!

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  • [–] 103 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I was thinking the same, I'm 99% certain Trump required his name to be included in the welcome back message as a condition for not implementing the ban.

    It's very poorly written theatre

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Also they’re now censoring anything anti Trump.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do you have a source for that? I’ve heard about this, too, but the evidence was dubious at best

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "These reports have not been confirmed at this time," the article notes.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    https://www.tiktok.com/@morgon.forthepeople/video/7462086721652428078

    Looks like they may be coming from inside the house.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can't see this. Would you care to explain?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Some Tik Tok creators are complaining on the platform that they are being censored, specifically in regards to talking poorly about the Trump administration.

    As much as some people harp on Tik Tok being a bastion of non-censorship, it has been proven repeatedly that this is not actually true. They just pick and choose carefully what to censor and when. Most platforms do that. It's not surprising. It also wouldn't be surprising for them to not promote or prioritize content with their algorithm that could be seen by the current POTUS as inflammatory because they are attempting to gain favor with him at the moment in exchange for potential political favors in regards to the platform in the future.

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-how-tiktok-censors-videos-that-do-not-please-beijing

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Thank you. I understand the situation, I was asking specifically about what "inside the house means" and what's coming out of it?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Oh. I see. Sorry. I didn't understand. Inside the house means the claims are originating directly from users of Tik Tok on the Tik Tok platform. There was an old horror movie about a babysitter getting prank calls about the children in the house being in danger. It turned out the calls were coming from inside the house.

    https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2021/07/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-house-horror-trope-is-based-on-a-sady-true-story/

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And didn't they explicitly state that they went down because "the US government is not working on a solution", 12h before this government changed?

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