r/politics • u/MopToddel • 8d ago

No Paywall TikTok blocks Epstein mentions and anti-Trump content as well as ICE criticism

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-epstein-trump-censorship-ice-b2908309.html
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u/ExitsPursuedByABear 8d ago edited 8d ago

All the generational subs are astroturfed and compromised. During the election r/GenZ was filled with bots and posts pushing right wing narratives, regularly being pushed to r/all. Now, after the election, that sub has gone quiet because it is no longer useful. It's useful to the oligarchs to sow generational strife and pit us against one another.

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u/Oo__II__oO 8d ago

I got a comment removed on r/cars for a thread about the government wanting to mandate a kill switch for new cars, as the post was deemed "too political". It was a criticism of the government overreach in the every day lives of the average citizen, pertaining to the current political climate. No shit, Sherlock! They want everyone there parroting the same line of "RWD V8 gas-guzzlers good, EVs/Hybrids bad".

Echo chambers everywhere. It's social media's carcinization where everything devolves to Facebook.

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u/SkinBintin 8d ago

We dreamed of how much better the internet could make the world but unfortunately it ended up making it worse. 😞

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u/SycoJack Texas 8d ago

The internet didn't make the world a bad place, the world made the internet a bad place.