TikTok apologizes for removing viral video about abuses against Uighurs
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Personally, I am using TikTok to relax my mind and free my thoughts. I don't want to see any abuse, harm, violence etc. If I wanted, I would just watch news or something else.
For me, one purpose of TikTok is to get in a bubble for some time where there real world and all the bad problems don't exist. A bubble does not have to be bad if you are using it on purpose.
If this is considered as a feature for TikTok, it is only logical to hide abusive/violent content. Free speech for some political/religious group has lower priorities than keeping users in the bubble. I think this is totally legit. TikTok serves entertainment, not free speech or political discussions.
For others who don’t get why this argument is complete bogus, there is a big difference between tiktok not featuring a video, and outright removing it. Just because someone wants want to have their happy place doesn’t mean sensorship is needed.
Besides, this video was trending, so apparently a lot of people wanted to see it.
I am not pro-anything and I did not give a hint about my opinion pro/contra china, I think the reason you assume this is on your side.
It is right that TikTok could also hide the video from everyone who does not want to see it. Maybe they deleted it completely because they failed to know who does not want to see it. They should work on this behaviour, but I can understand that they choose this way if the time to react is limited because the video already got trending.
What a vacuous statement