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And they're already kissing Trump's ass

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[–] sunglocto@lemmy.zip 49 points 1 month ago (14 children)

I know bad for democracy and everything but

This app has done nothing positive for my life, arguably began my social media addiction, filled my brain with negative content at the height of COVID and severely impacted my mental health

I don't think governments should ban platforns. But do I think TikTok should have ever existed? No

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I dunno. Thanks to Black creators there, I learned about Tulsa, Rosewood, a lot about America indigenous culture, learned about the cops city protests and actions....

Sounds like TikTok was very good for democracy.

[–] cocomutative_diagram@infosec.pub 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't you need to learn these at school?

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 11 points 1 month ago

You would think.... but those aren't taught.

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