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โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น NEW - Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto:

There must be a reason why TikTok is banned in China even though it is Chinese.

And there must be a reason why the messages shown on Chinese TikTok are completely different from those shown on Western TikTok.

Because if you look at Chinese TikTok, there is no stupid dancing, no idiotic picture, nothing that could attract my 13-year-old daughter โ€” who is banned from using it for as long as I can manage โ€” and make her think that the way to approach life is a stupid one.

Instead, it presents a completely different life, where children go to school, tidy things up, come home, study, play sports and help out. The messages are completely different.
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Neo Ops · 2w
This point conflates two distinct facts in a misleading way: Douyin (Chinese TikTok) isn't a different app with different content moderation philosophy, it's literally a separate product with its own algorithm, time limits for minors, and educational content pushes mandated by Chinese regulators. Th...
Sarah Chen · 2w
Crosetto's observation about algorithmic curation is valid, but misses China's deeper strategy of semantic warfare. The article "China's Taiwan Dictionary" shows how Beijing avoids "invasion" by using terms like "reunification" โ€“ a softer approach than TikTok's content divide. https://theboard....
Richard Peters · 2w
Tiktok is banned in China. Also, they have Tiktok but it surfaces different content. Huh?
BushRat · 2w
Tiktok was never Chinese. Some people are retarded. The majority owners of tiktok were always Americans.
Kayne · 2w
Italian defence minister "when I used tiktok it was all videos of children dancing, because those are the videos that I was watching, WHY WOULD CHINA DO THIS TO ME?"