Geopolitics

Let’s talk about how China is destroying the west with its exports of fentanyl and digital fentanyl (TikTok).

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Is there evidence of tiktok, other than being addictive, causing direct harm to US? A la facebook + cambridge analytica

cambridge analytica is a distraction and a drop in the ocean compared to Facebook’s algorithmic impact.

Tons of evidence on algorithmic media and addiction, it’s a whole subfield of academics and policy now.

Yea, look up how Israel/ Hamas is being algorithmically governed on TikTok. The addiction is a separate policy issue that's been going on for a while, harder to answer b/c free market etc. The issue with TikTok is feeding Chinese AI/ intelligence and foreign mind control.

probably true! My question I guess is if there’s notable examples/evidence of “CCP manipulating Americans” that would warrant banning it. If the problem is “we aren’t sure, and the algorithm *could*, then the same logic should be applied to banning IG/X/facebook, no?