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Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA” (arstechnica.com)
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[–] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's a great deal of real news that goes through the app. It's the majority of the content I see.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is there though?

    I know this sounds sarcastic, but I'm genuinely curious as I have never used TikTok at all. It there any way to verify the stuff that's being shown? Do news accounts link to articles or any supporting information?

    All I've ever really seen from people sharing stuff has been new typical meme stuff and AI generated crap that people keep sending me thinking it's real.

    How can you tell if what you're seeing is real?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    The good "creators" to follow for news generally provide a summary in Tiktok, then if you want to verify or learn more they have additional information and sources in their other locations (substack is a big one)

    I can generally tell if it's AI generated, and if I have any suspicion then I try to find other reports and real sources via Google searches and whatnot. Like I didn't believe the gold trump statue, or the trump and Epstein statue were real.

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