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trashhalo@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

Twitter's new TikTok copycat is filled with animal cruelty videos. Elon calls content "Edgy"

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Twitter's new TikTok copycat is filled with animal cruelty videos. Elon calls content "Edgy"

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trashhalo@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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Twitter shows police brutality, anti-vaccine videos on TikTok copycat
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Users said they saw violent content when they swiped up on videos after the feature was highlighted by Elon Musk on Sunday.
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    Yup, it’s easy to forget that an important use of Twitter used to be finding out what was happening when propaganda was covering it up. It’s how we learned about Arab spring.

    If my life were at risk from my government, I certainly wouldn’t trust Elon to keep me safe from them.

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