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[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 4 points 49 minutes ago

Didn't expect that Chinese TikTok was more democratic than American TikTok. This was unexpected plot twist.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 hour ago

Who the hell is still on Tiktok? Those poor bastards had a year to jump ship.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

This and zionism were the whole point of the attack on TikTok that the libs fully supported.

Now the libs want to attack "social media" in general.

[–] zuch0698o@lemmy.world 2 points 43 minutes ago

Social media is a cancer

[–] GaryGhost@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

This country sucks. Get me out of this shithole country, I wish i was smart enough to learn mandarin

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

No no it's freedom.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 hours ago

Once Trump gets involved in something you know that eventually we're going to find out it's even more nefarious bullshit. We must clean and disinfect the huge stain left after he enters the clearing at the end of his path.

[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 21 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Israel fanatic Larry Ellison took control of TikTok to ensure no one can say anything bad about the genocidal colony or it's neocon agents in the American regime

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Most of them don't know how to spell it anyway.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

Enshittification alternative phase 3: let the government goons run your platform.

[–] Maverick604@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Something about America being the home of free speech… lol

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Why should everybody get speech for free when the Ellisons have to pay so much for it? \s

[–] purplestar@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago

They practice something called 'Freedom From Speech', as in they're freed up by not having to say anything.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 214 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Epstein files

Trump is a pedophile

Trump and Epstein were best friends after Epstein opened the island

Trump was convicted of raping someone in civil court

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The media actively whitewashes all of this. What other convicted felon (rapist) would get a pass like this?

It's absolutely "hilarious" when NPR calls him "President Trump" and not "convicted felon Trump" or "rapist Trump". NPR is supposedly some liberal bastion of honesty, etc. But they're absolute bootlicking enablers.

Liberalism <---> Fascism.

[–] annoyed_onion@lemmy.world 129 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Seems like the fediverse works fine 👍

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 68 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Tiananmen Square massacre.

Winnie the Pooh.

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[–] E_coli42@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Wish they'd move to the Fediverse instead of people uninstalling TikTok to install some other app that could potentially change its algorithm or funding at any time.

[–] delial@lemmy.sdf.org 78 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Worth noting is that among the investors loyal to Trump is Larry Ellison, renowned massive turd of a human being. Just totally coincidentally, his festering dingleberry of a son David Ellison is the person that installed the pro-genocide propagandist Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief at CBS.

Unrelated: Do you ever wonder how tender billionaire flesh is?

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[–] twelvety@fedia.io 56 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Meanwhile, we in Europe have American Billionaires constantly attacking any government or legal body that enforces their own national laws, by threatening to sue and throwing childish insults for suppressing free speech.

Many of us haven't ever had legal freedom of speech in our constitutions, but the reality is we have a lot more than Americans right now.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Reverse colonizers.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Thus driving the proliferation of alternative platforms, encryption, etc. They can’t put the toothpaste back in the bottle.

…”bottle”? Is it “bottle”? I’ve never bought toothpaste in a bottle, it always comes in a squeezie pouch nozzle thing…

[–] J92@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago
[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thus driving the proliferation of alternative platforms, encryption, etc.

I really don't think the average tiktoker knows most of these words

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Better get used to it. The oligarchs are swallowing up all the media companies in the US.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

^ Is this a message from 1776?

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[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

Freedum!!

/s

[–] hector@lemmy.today 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What a joke. I hope tik tok crashes and burns.

They did all of that, because Israel. Because tik tok declined to rig moderation in favor of Israel. They care more about that country than our own. Now what were we talking about, epstein, ahem. Completely unrelated I'm sure, except for all of the child fucking blackmail Israel holds, that might have something to do with it now that you mention it.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I hope tik tok crashes and burns. They did all of that, because Israel.

I hope the zionists regime crashes and burns. TikTok is just another victim. It's easy and socially acceptable to attack your fellow victims, but there's nothing to be gained by it.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 26 minutes ago

Tik tok is the enemy now.

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