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    1. Why do you think? Clicks are revenue. Misinformation covers all bases, those that hate the content, and those that love it. Everyone watches! If everyone watches, even if they hate it, that’s more revenue.

    2. Clear_Tangerine5110 on

      Did we forget who took over Tiktok in January? It’s Trumptok now.

    3. Because right wing, anti-woke psychographics companies Phunware and Campaign Nucleus use social media platforms to spread propaganda

    4. No_Boot1478 on

      End TikTok, X, Meta, CBS, ABC, Uline, etc, etc, etc . They are sponsors of political terrorism..

    5. There are two issues here. One is the automation of moderation. The other is banning fact checking because it promotes conflict. Re banning because something promotes conflict may just reinforce the tribal bubbles that are polarizing us. I tend to read posts I disagree with, both right and left, and occasionally disagree politely. The subs are built to reinforce the views of the tribe in it (most are left, some right) and squash opposing views. I’m new to this but they seem to do it by downvoting (so the post is hard to find) or blocking by the OP. I can’t say the latter has happened much to me, so it may be exaggerated. A third way is pretty much any disagreement from the party line results in personal attacks, rarely factual ones. They hurt my feelings but somehow I soldier on and only cry a little. But aren’t both of these ways of reducing conflict just wrong for society and well, boring?

      I completely understand that reinforcing peoples belief that the other side is pure evil makes us feel good and the outrage keeps eyeballs on the site. But isn’t it just tedious? At what point does a good back and forth on a Supreme Court ruling win over 75 posts saying variations of Trump is evil, demented, a pedo, a grifters, ……. And these are all repeated in 80% of the subs including those on cycling. It’s so tedious.

    6. The answer for the author seems to be because a human didn’t actually see the post or appeal but AI. I’m not sure that would matter. TikTok is owned by a certain person that really isn’t going to allow any dissent. Humans will do what they need them to do. So will AI.

    7. Involution88 on

      Are you using US TikTok or global TikTok? US TikTok is a seperate entity which is owned and controlled by certain US interests.

    8. Why is anyone still on TikTok? it’s totally different as of the ownership change, so there is no reason to be there, it’s not with the old algorithm so it sucks now. Anything bad it’s doing now is by design.

    9. boris_squanch on

      Same reason this article has a stupid question as a headline. Engagement farming

    10. Because Trump broke the law to allow the company to continue operating long enough for him to rig the sale to his rich Conservative buddies. Now it functions as a propaganda outlet, akin to Elon Musk buying Twitter for the same purpose.

      Larry Ellison, one of the primary investors in the TikTok deal, also acquired CNN as part of the Warner Bros-Discovery merger via his company Oracle. If you follow cable news you’ll have noticed a similar major shift in their reporting.

      Put simply, the oligarchs are finally consolidating their control over our media.

    11. I’ve built a small, but followed political Instagram over the past couple of years. I’ve consistently tried to create thoughtful, uplifting, educational content (this morning I posted Nick Cave’s treatise on Hope from the Colbert Show). No matter how or what format or who, hate and anger gets far more reach and likes. If I post an ICE agent doing something abhorrent, thousands of likes (or more). The Nick Cave thing? Scores of likes probably. May hit a few hundred overall. It’s not just TikTok – it’s social media.

    12. Tiktok’s business model involves specifically utilizing and platforming misinformation in order to drive engagement

      Exact same as facebook, twitter, spotify and youtube

    13. GamerGramps62 on

      They are owned by a magtard billionaire, that’s why. Everyone still using it is supporting maga, period.

    14. Simple answer that doesn’t need an article: because it’s a state-run propaganda machine.

    15. Duh

      Misinformation and disinformation create lots of clicks, views and traffic… Anything that interferes with that and the agenda of it is bad

      Who owns TikTok now? There’s your answer.

    16. porcupinedeath on

      A healthy society would bar any public official from owning any social media or regular media companies

    17. Zealousideal_Amount8 on

      Bc it’s owned by trump and his buddies who is full of misinformation.

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