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A screenshot of post by John Scott-Railton ☕ (@[email protected]).

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

  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
    40·
    3 months ago

    Alternately: People who are more anti-china are less likely to use Tiktok, so anti-chinese content gets less interest.

  • B1naryB0t@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    14·
    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.

    • Shiggles@sh.itjust.works
      49·
      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”

    • expr@programming.dev
      37·
      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.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksM
    8·
    3 months ago

    I’m leaving this up for now, but watch yourself Moderateimprovement. This is the second rage bait like post wrapped in a sandwich of decent posts. If I have to play whack a mole, I’ll just ban you. Other users, you’re awesome for not playing the game.

    • ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.worksOP
      15·
      3 months ago

      Oh my god, I am tired of bad lemmy mods who are very inexperienced trying to exercise their powers in illogical ways.

      I will add this sub to my block list and move on, good luck.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksM
        5·
        3 months ago

        Best of luck to you, I hope you find a good community to post in. This isn’t reddit.

        I am not going to post on this sub again, good luck.