Palestine was the problem with TikTok

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• underline960@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We are now facing a time where democracy is in critical condition, but a dragnet of surveillance and suppression has already closed around young activists, an entire movement has been intimidated into silence, and the social media networks appear to be pandering to the federal government. To adopt the logic of information-nationalism is to commit to a course of action that is at odds with democracy. Now, the things that we need the most in this moment are things we have already given away.

  We have always been at war with TikTok. We have never been at war with TikTok. And if we are lucky, one day, we can all look back and be able to tell the truth about ourselves — how we imprisoned our children, dismantled our universities, and tried to ban a scrolling video app, all because we could not admit that we were wrong about Palestine.

  This article reads like a college term paper.

  It feels like they clever wordsmithing over making a clear point.

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  • jimmy90@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    they seem to miss the point that social media manipulation is a massive threat to democracy and has already affected many elections

    the draconian measures being used now are because we have poor tools to tell if social media is authentic or not

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  • shiroininja@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s clear to me

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• underline960@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • return2ozma@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Paywall removed archive.is/LHaBl

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