Comment on Promoted on TikTok, ‘No Thanks’ boycott app targets products tied to Israel
Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
The website you link being timesofisrael is a bit ironic. Great app nonetheless! If they’re writing about it then it’s working is among the most probable reasons of the tiktok ban.
I find the Times of Israel to be a decent source. They’re obviously biased in favor of Israel, but it’s not behind a paywall and they’re far more informative than The NY Post, for instance. I think they’re seem less biased then the WSJ, frankly.
Overall, a useful insight into mainstream discourse in Israel with fairly accurate reporting.
Let’s put it in another context. would you trust a British colonizer owned newspaper with its news articles exclusively being written by other white colonizers during the 80s Apartheid era south Africa ? Would you consider it to be a decent source of what’s happening to the black population of South Africa ? Heck, apartheid era south Africa wasn’t even an ethno-state.
Obviously not. But that’s true to some degree for all news sources. I read Times of Israel through a lens of context, just like I do for the NY Times, The Guardian, The Intercept, etc.
I think it’s incredibly useful to see what a country reads about itself. Not only is that true even for countries engaged atrocities: it’s especially true for countries engaged in atrocities.
Yes, the legislation that’s been in discussion for years is because of this app released 5 months ago. That’s definitely how cause and effect works.
I don’t think they mean that tiktok is being banned over this app specifically: I just interpreted their comment to mean that tiktok has been an ongoing nuisance to the American mainstream political establishment.
Damn, so it’s been discussed for 5 years but nothing happened. Israel commit atrocities (like always ) but unlike it’s other domestic media, the US government and some billionaires can’t censor, lie and push their narrative so the youth can finally see the truth about the genocidal apartheid, ethno-state that is Israel. Now, they ban the tiktok. This is just another perspective you haven’t thought about, or don’t want to think about because it’s morbid implications about your country (if you’re from USA)
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
The campaign against TikTok isn’t so much ironic but an organized campaign against journalism, free speech, truth, etc.
WamGams@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Tik tok is not a journalism app. China does not have free speech, nor do they export it, and if what they are telling you is true, than let’s talk about the genocide of the Uyghurs.