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TikTok ban measure passed by the Senate. Here's what could happen next. (www.cbsnews.com)

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[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

They control the user data, but not the algorithm and the moneys…

They are angry teens are getting radicalised by leftist anti-imperialist content, and they are jealous the new biggest thing is not owned by an American oligarch.

[–] livus@kbin.social 13 points 6 months ago

It isn't even necessarily "leftist" content, it's just access to the lives of other gen Z in other parts of the world without boomer media spin.

I'm only on a nonpolitical part of tiktok but you still see stuff like people's cats in Gaza if you follow cat videos, and so on.