• Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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    11 months ago

    I’d like to point out that the US has been publicly going after TikTok since the Trump Administration so I’m unconvinced that the timing lines up.

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      11 months ago

      I think it’s more so just about controlling narratives in general. Tiktok has a lot of real time tracking of politician corruption and trades. A lot of good useful info for political activism, etc.

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        11 months ago

        So did Twitter and even in the Pre-Elon days the Federal Government didn’t go after it like this.

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      11 months ago

      And yet it finally got the momentum to succeed now, during all these Gaza protests and when the US-Israeli mainline narratives have been starting to break down for the first time.