In burger corp (USA) the internet is censored to keep the people uninformed about different world events.

Poor use of this meme template. The last sentence is not even a question!

I find it funny when people get upset that a meme template gets used in a novel way. These aren’t religious texts that are immutable, memes evolve over time.

Thinking this way is how you get “and that’s everybody’s problem” kermit

TikTok has literally nothing to do with informing tho… it’s literally the opposite.

Then you haven’t used it. The Reddit stream of 100% hate towards TikTok without understanding it is a very bad take. It provided a ton of momentum in recent US social movements.

Ya it’s literally the easiest way to get a quick video on something you wanna learn. Not to mention (unlike other platforms) you get a friendly face that teaches it to you

Right! I don’t get the hate

Not really. There are plenty of social media apps and services that aren’t toeing the line. TikTok is being targeted because of their relatioship with China.

Mitt Romney explicitly admitted that the ban was due to TikTok not toeing the line on Palestine.

I could be wrong, but I believe they TikTok ban stuff was in motion before Oct. 7 (assuming that’s what you’re referring to). Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

It was proposed and fizzled back under Trump 45, but the broad bipartisan effort that wasn’t a few weirdos preening as China hawks was alllllll because they were mad the kids weren’t happy about the genocide, which clearly must be communist propaganda, not, you know, morals. Mitt Romney literally admitted it.

All news agencies in my country have a tik tok account and regularly use it to publish exactly the same news as they do on their newspapers or on TV. I don’t see how watching that news on tik tok is any different that turning on the TV and watching it there.

You just need to train your algorithm, my tik tok always show a lot of interesting educational stuff. I can’t remember the last time I saw any kind of soft porn there, my Instagram on the other hand is always shoving big and hard gym booties on my face.

I dunno… I was informed a lot on TikTok. Like, 2020-2022 I had a whole lot of “I was X years old when I learned this…” thanks to Black and Brown creators who got a voice on TikTok that was lacking anywhere else.

It’s literally the main reason people found out there was a genocide happening in Gaza.

That’s simply not true, you just spend too much time on TikTok

I’m simply engaging with reality. The funny part that this is openly admitted, but here we have you pretending it’s not the case. https://www.commondreams.org/news/mitt-romney-tiktok

I’d like tiktok to fully disappear but not for the reasons governments want it to. I just miss YouTube haikus and memes without music always playing.

the tiktok ban is making them all flood youtube… it’s going to get worse

Remember Vine? I miss Vine.

I didn’t use it explicitly but the memes that filtered out of it into other platforms were great. Tiktok and it’s initial music focus ruined short form video memes in my opinion

And the text-to-speech voiceovers. I don’t know why I detest those so much, but for some reason it just sets my teeth on edge. Like nails on a chalkboard.

By “censorship”, they meant not being able to scream the N-word at black people.

Nah. You can still do that on X (formally Twitter)

And very soon facebook as well…

You can already say other anti-black slurs on Facebook.

Tick tock was a bioweapon.

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