And what is the evidence for it being a Chinese spying platform? Is it owned by a Chinese company? Is there any hard evidence? Why is it so controversial?

  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
    1·
    13 hours ago

    If it’s being done in a manner that promotes Chinese narratives while demoting American narratives

    Spicy in this case means protests, police misbehavior, stuff the US wouldn’t want amplified. The big waves of censorship came in 2020 and 2022. You can search news articles from the time with lots of people wondering why they’re no longer getting that content in their FYPs and content creators getting <1/10th of the views. FB and reddit do the same thing.

    I don’t really see why not demoting BLM videos is not in the CCP’s interest; videos that make America seem racist seems entirely in the interest of an Anti-American country.

    Amplifying the videos that show America’s response to antiracist movements would make America look like the racist country it is. Demoting them conceals that.

    I also don’t see why hiring former American intelligence operatives demonstrates a pro-American stance, as their motivations for doing so could be to learn about American intelligence-gathering methods while promoting Chinese interests.

    CIA agents living in America who disseminate intelligence-gathering methods while promoting Chinese interests get charged with treason.

    They were hired to help identify and amplify US state department narratives, same reason CNN and Fox hires them.

    • Tedesche@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      13 hours ago

      Amplifying the videos that show America’s response to antiracist movements would make America look like the racist country it is. Demoting them conceals that.

      No, that doesn’t make sense. Amplifying shows of division in a country promotes the view that said country is flawed and weak, in this case along racial lines. China has plenty to gain by showing that.

      And America is no less racist than China, btw. I would argue far less so.

      They were hired to help identify and amplify US state department narratives, same reason CNN and Fox hires them.

      That seems entirely speculative. There are plenty of other reasons to hire them. Can you provide evidence for your claim?

      • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
        11·
        13 hours ago

        Amplifying shows of division in a country promotes the view that said country is flawed and weak, in this case along racial lines. China has plenty to gain by showing that.

        Exactly! So demoting those videos suggests that China is not using the algorithm to promote anti-american views.

        That seems entirely speculative. There are plenty of other reasons to hire them. Can you provide evidence for your claim?

        No, CIA agents don’t go around saying they’re working for media companies to disseminate propaganda, and media companies don’t broadcast that they take extra care to make sure their coverage lines up with the state department’s narratives.

        • Tedesche@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          10 hours ago

          Exactly! So demoting those videos suggests that China is not using the algorithm to promote anti-american views.

          ??? You’re trying to have it both ways with this. I’m out.

          • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
            1·
            8 hours ago

            No I’m not, you’ve been misunderstanding me from the start.

            Tiktok does not amplify views that make the US look bad, it demotes them. That demonstrates that china is not using tiktok to influence Americans because they would want the opposite.

            Instead they do exactly what any media subservient to the state department does.