US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says (lite.cnn.com)
from Pro@programming.dev to tech@programming.dev on 20 Sep 18:53
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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 20 Sep 18:57 next collapse

yes definitely nothing ominous about the government controlling a social media site. no constitutional issues there

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just when you think republicans couldnt get more stupid.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world on 20 Sep 19:22 collapse

Stupid? They know exactly what they’re doing.

Protoknuckles@lemmy.world on 20 Sep 19:23 next collapse

Bullshit they’ll control the algorithm. Tik tok will say they do, and let some goons from the white house pull levers, but it’s obscure enough that they won’t be able to see the effects.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social on 20 Sep 20:19 collapse

Sure bro, because the US government doesn’t have any cyber warfare and propaganda arms.

Protoknuckles@lemmy.world on 20 Sep 20:55 collapse

Oh, they certainly do. And I have no doubt they have effectively manipulated people. I also have no doubt they can censor and block things. But to say the government had control of the algorithm? In the age of agentic AI? Bullshit. Look at how fucked Grok is, constantly saying stuff Twitter doesn’t want it too. I fully do not expect them to be able to come in to an already created algorithm and pull levers like they think they can.

Alexstarfire@lemmy.world on 20 Sep 20:33 collapse

Didn’t I just read an article a couple days ago saying that China was going to maintain control of the algo?