“The point…is not just censorship, but its inverse: propaganda. TikTok’s algorithm, unmoored from the constraints of your social network or professional content creators, is free to promote whatever videos it likes, without anyone knowing the difference.“ <a href="https://stratechery.com/2020/the-tiktok-war/">https://stratechery.com/2020/the-tiktok-war/</a>

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Christopher Allen

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“The point…is not just censorship, but its inverse: propaganda. TikTok’s algorithm, unmoored from the constraints of your social network or professional content creators, is free to promote whatever videos it likes, without anyone knowing the difference.“ https://stratechery.com/2020/the-tiktok-war/

7/15/2020, 4:38:14 PM

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Christopher Allen

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“To that end it has been taking action for over 20 years to control information within its borders and, over the last several years, to control information outside of its borders.”

7/15/2020, 4:39:37 PM

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Christopher Allen

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“If China is on the offensive against liberalism not only within its borders but within ours, it is in liberalism’s interest to cut off a vector that has taken root precisely because it is so brilliantly engineered to give humans exactly what they want.”

7/15/2020, 4:40:40 PM

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