misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前TikTok pushed far-right AfD party on young voters in Germanyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up1538arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1513arrow-down1external-linkTikTok pushed far-right AfD party on young voters in Germanyarstechnica.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square76linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 年前It definitely matters. There’s a huge difference between promoting nazis and writing an algorithm that’s gamed by nazis. This headline is designed to mislead people by erasing that difference. And the motives of people who have been attacking tiktok are generally trash.
minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前But being so big and influential as these platforms are, they should not have the option of “oops, sorry, didn’t think about that”. (I am aware I’m being idealistic)
It definitely matters. There’s a huge difference between promoting nazis and writing an algorithm that’s gamed by nazis.
This headline is designed to mislead people by erasing that difference. And the motives of people who have been attacking tiktok are generally trash.
But being so big and influential as these platforms are, they should not have the option of “oops, sorry, didn’t think about that”. (I am aware I’m being idealistic)