• endhits@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    They’re both focused on profit. The only reason you see the other one as scary is because it’s owned by the scary scary Chinese. Red scare all over again.

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      10 months ago

      No tiktok is not focused on profit. It literally has one of the worst/non existent monetization systems.

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        10 months ago

        Because the USA strong armed them into giving their platform handling to Oracle Corp, a top tier US govt contractor.

        But since pro-palestine cries can’t be silenced on TikTok as easily as Zio media, taking control of the platform is no longer enough

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      10 months ago

      You say “red scare” as if China isn’t a hostile nation state to the US. Go look at western company penetration in China if you want. Are you calling it “western scare” when China blocks yet another western company? I didn’t think so.