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A screenshot of post by John Scott-Railton ☕ (@jsrailton@mastodon.social).

NEW: researchers say #TikTok screen time predicts level of pro-#China views on key topics.

Why? They say #TikTok boosts pro-#China content & actively suppress criticisms of China.

E.g. they find sensitive topics like #Taiwan, persecution of #Uyghurs & #Tibet are buried by pro-#CCP influencer content & irrelevant vids.

By NCRI at Rutgers pairing psychological survey research & social media analysis.

https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/NCRI-Report_-The-CCPs-Digital-Charm-Offensive.pdf

#infosec #tiktok #propaganda #infosec #cybersecurity

  • B1naryB0t@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    If you have a problem with Tiktok but don’t have a problem with Facebook or Instagram then your opinion is worthless. At least tiktok makes a good product, so good that American lawmakers are scared because they can’t control them.

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      3 months ago

      My guy you’re on lemmy I’d be surprised if anywhere close to half of us had instagram accounts. Facebook is generally delegated to “keeping up with a couple old relatives and maybe facebook market place/certain hobbies that unfortunately exclusively organize on facebook”

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      3 months ago

      Spoken like a true addict.

      Tiktok is genuinely terrible, as is Facebook and Instagram (though TikTok is somewhat worse).

      You’re on Lemmy. People here don’t like Facebook or Instagram either.

    • dogsoahC@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      I agree with your first half, but what the fuck is good about TikTok?