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> I'm not sure we should ban TikTok.

TikTok was already used to influence election: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42339819

Why wouldn't China try to do the same in the US?

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it's interesting you bring that up as it turns out the incumbent party was actually the one behind that tiktok campaign, not russia. the campaign they used as evidence of "russian interference" that they cancelled the election because of

https://snoop.ro/anaf-a-descoperit-ca-pnl-a-platit-o-campani...

It's irrelevant to my point who did what. The elections were still influenced (though it saddens me that people are so easily influenced, but that's orthogonal too).

should we ban tv too then?

Is the content on the TV generated for you by some black box algorithm? Is it hard to determine who finances the political ads you see on TV? No and no, so no.

actually, yes, it is extremely hard to determine who finances the political ads you see on TV.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_money

and how is a black box algorithm any worse than a system where only large corporate gatekeepers control what you see? if anything, i'd argue tiktok is more fair and democratic.

> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_money

I'm not talking only about USA - it's laughable that they can't enact proper laws so this doesn't happen.

> i'd argue tiktok is more fair and democratic

Then I think you're a fool and it's useless to talk to you anymore.

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