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applegrove

(119,536 posts)
Thu May 23, 2024, 05:26 PM May 23

The Increasing Trumpification of TikTok

The Increasing Trumpification of TikTok

May 23, 2024 at 5:15 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 20 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/23/the-increasing-trumpification-of-tiktok/

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New York Times: “The increase comes as President Biden signed legislation that would force a sale of TikTok by its Chinese owner or would have it banned in the U.S. That law has triggered a backlash from young voters who backed Mr. Biden overwhelmingly in 2020, some of whom are also opposing his administration’s support of Israel’s war in Gaza.”

“An internal analysis within TikTok found nearly twice as many pro-Trump posts as pro-Biden ones on the platform since November: 1.29 million pro-Trump posts versus 651,000 pro-Biden posts.”

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The Increasing Trumpification of TikTok (Original Post) applegrove May 23 OP
grandpa wants to take away my toys boo hoo. well its a bad political move but good for trump msongs May 23 #1
See: TheProle May 23 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed May 23 #5
Trump was against Tik Tok and China then he suddenly became for Tik Tok. applegrove May 23 #3
Russian, Chinese, North Korean, etc etc etc Chaos Trolls Kid Berwyn May 23 #4

msongs

(67,759 posts)
1. grandpa wants to take away my toys boo hoo. well its a bad political move but good for trump
Thu May 23, 2024, 05:35 PM
May 23

who knows how to capitalize on alienation

Response to TheProle (Reply #2)

applegrove

(119,536 posts)
3. Trump was against Tik Tok and China then he suddenly became for Tik Tok.
Thu May 23, 2024, 05:44 PM
May 23

Is he in a cabal with China & Russia? Did he know China would support him with algorithms and AI? Why did Trump flip this past year? Like Msongs said above did Trump need a grievance for the young?

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