• gruvn@sh.itjust.works
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    2 个月前

    Whatever. Tiktok essentially opened this generation’s eyes to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza. People like to belittle it as though it is all just stupid kids doing dumb stuff, but I strongly feel it’s a force for good.

    • miss phant@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 个月前

      I was a TikTok user from 2019-feb 2025, there was a very noticeable shift in the algorithm, especially after Trump’s inauguration and his deal that was struck to keep the app available in the US. Despite being European, I was suddenly served a lot of far right content and deleted the app for good. With the incident during the 2025 Romanian elections with Tiktok massively skewing the results towards the far right candidate I have no doubt it’s only gotten worse.

      It being a positive force was probably true at some point, I’ve learned a lot and saw perspectives on this app I otherwise would’ve never seen, but in the state it is now it’s proven to be a danger for democracy (real democracy, not the “democracy” that brought us a genocide I want to clarify).