Wanderer@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTikTok faces calls for ban amid claims of anti-Israel ‘indoctrination’www.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down115
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkTikTok faces calls for ban amid claims of anti-Israel ‘indoctrination’www.aljazeera.comWanderer@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squarerottingleaflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·9 months agoSocial media are inherently about censorship being a coherent policy and not a personal choice of every single webmaster. TikTok is something “good” only in this particular case (Palestine).
minus-squareLinkerbaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·9 months agoThat’s true but it is a sign that the speech we believe is so free is actually not free whatsoever. When a platform doesn’t censor, or censors different things than we want them to censor, they get banned.
Social media are inherently about censorship being a coherent policy and not a personal choice of every single webmaster.
TikTok is something “good” only in this particular case (Palestine).
That’s true but it is a sign that the speech we believe is so free is actually not free whatsoever.
When a platform doesn’t censor, or censors different things than we want them to censor, they get banned.