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FBL108: Tobias Rose-Stockwell - The Outrage Machine

The Singularity Discussion Series

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TikTok's Influence on Democracy

TikTok updated its app in Russia and demoted all Ukraine oriented content, right? So it basically launched a whole new version of the app that just, that just disappeared the issue of Ukraine outside of political propaganda messages. That is absolutely influence, right? And we actually do have laws on the books for influence in media companies that have been a part of our country in the U.S. For example, you can't have a foreign own, a foreign owned media entity above a certain size. You can think about in this context, which I find super creepy. This is a, this is a, a Tristan Harris, is them here. They might really believe what they say

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