TikTok played an important role in the sea change of U.S. opinion about Israel, particularly among young people. It’s why the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, the organization I work for, condemned the sale as a “desperate” attempt to silence young Americans.

What’s at stake is no less than whether or not U.S. voters will continue to be able to see what Israel’s military is doing to Palestinians. While many mainstream media outlets pushed coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza that was deferential to Israeli government talking points, TikTok users watched unfiltered videos of Israel’s horrific attacks on Palestinian civilians.

https://web.archive.org/web/20251221213804/https://theintercept.com/2025/12/21/tiktok-ellison-oracle-israel-gaza/

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[–] 96 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Anti-<topic> Billionaires Have Always Been Able to Control What People in General See.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    The difference now is Chinese Billionaires were Anti and the new American Billionaires are Anti

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Which chinese billionaires are anti israel?

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  • [–] 35 points 10 months ago

    Ditch TrumpTok

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago

    Isn't that the case with all major social media platforms?

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  • [–] 62 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    They already did.

    A few years ago, Osama Bin Laden's open letter to the American people was being shared and people had their posts deleted.

    It was being shared because the first reason he lists for attacking on 9/11 was America's support for Israel.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Back in the day this just meant that people would mobilize and flood the platform with pro Palestinian content just to troll.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    nobody would know if it's all supressed

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    That's why quantity is important online. They can't suppress it all.

    It just surprises me that people put more effort trying to get AI to quote Hitler than they do trying to fight for something like this.

    Why is there this asymmetry of effort between the political factions.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    This is also why governments are pushing so hard for "AI." AI won't be used to improve the quality of our lives. It will be used for advertising, propaganda, surveillance and control. Only AI is fast enough to run all the bots and generate the blizzard of BS fast enough to counter the opinions of millions of people online.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    What about in the opposite direction. Isn't AI a tool that can be used to create, analyze and research. Which is why I think it's pushed very hard for the left to alienate themselves from it. It gives anyone who embraced it a big advantage.

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  • [–] 29 points 10 months ago

    Oh no! Genocidal maniacs have taken control over TikTok… again!

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago

    Remember when we were worried that TikTok was going to be used by the CCP to spread Chinese government propaganda?

    Good news! It's STILL going to be used to spread propaganda, it just belongs to another group of billionaire dingbats, now.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    Seems like that was always the end goal. Imperialist global power built on colonialism continues to push forward neocolonialism, more at 11.

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  • [–] 70 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    From the river to the sea.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Can we just all riot now? I just need a riot buddy?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    I'm encouraging everyone I know who still uses TikTok to leave it. Ditto for CBS / Paramount+

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    dont you mean pro-zionist/ possibly antisemtic billionaires. antisemitism gives legitmacy to BIBIs regime.

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  • [–] -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (15 children)

    RedNote is a good alternative.

    Downvoted by those who can't think for themselves. Go to Reddit if you want neoliberal cultural hegemony.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    is rednote an actual alternative for non-chinese?

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    No, it's not even like Tiktok at all. The vast majority of the content is in Mandarin and if you aren't Chinese your not going to know the asinine culture rules and get banned for something you thought was silly, but they take very seriously.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I haven't been banned yet, but then again I save all my shitposts for the fediverse and stick to book reviews on RedNote.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Same, but it's just because I don't comment or post as I don't speak Mandarin, so the majority of the people wouldn't even know what I am saying. What's the point you know?

    I have found a bunch of really cool recipes, man they love their eggs...

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    What's the fediverse alternative?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (5 children)

    Westerners would rather drown in capitalist propaganda than listen to anything a diabolical Chinese national might have to say.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    And you would rather push s usa state controlled app . You are not that different from tankis

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I get what you mean, but the fediverse will likely never overcome state powers and reach. They have so much money, talent, and infrastructure to push propaganda.

    The reality is people will have to use US tech and socials to expose Chinese/Russian/North Korean/Iranian atrocities and vice versa Unfortunately that's currently the only way to gain any real ground.

    You can already see how western allied social media and mainstream news tried to hide Israel's genocide under the rug. And you'll see how Chinese tech companies try to hide their Uyghur genocide and such.

    They're only amplified because they're pushed by companies of geopolitical rivals.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Excited for the next edition of liberal pogroms against people using the wrong kind of social media.

    How'd that work out for your boy Biden, again?

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    [–] 16 points 10 months ago

    I reported a live that had a picture of Kamala Harris floating in a toilet with a bunch of turds - chat was super fucking racist. Tik Tok said it was within their community guidelines that’s when I deleted Tik Tok

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago

    The anti-genocide people will leave TikTok any day now!

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    They always could.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Tiktok users can log out and go somewhere else.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    They can revolt by switching to Loops!

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    "Shit is vommitted up and pissed on, is now pissy vomit shit. Hundreds of millions don bibs, get ready to chow down"

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    [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    With Oracle at the helm, I expect it to die in a year.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago*

    I wouldn't count on that though, there's still a huge amount of fluff and usless content to be pushed down people's throats, and of course, tell us all about how moral Israel is, and all the cutsy stuff they do on daily basis

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