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There’s some research here that the NYTimes cited in an article on the topic of TikTok deplatforming certain topics

https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/A-Tik-Tok-ing...

This report is very laughable. It looks at the number of posts with the same hashtag between Instagram and TikTok as a simple ratio.

An alternate conclusion is that Instagram is censoring topics that don't align with the "Consensus" in Washington and artificially boosting content that does. Why is there literally no content on Instagram about the Gaza war, yet I get up-to-date news and reports on TikTok?

Interestingly enough, NCRI is almost exclusively funded by pro-Israel lobbying groups.

https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/network-contagion-rese...

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