odd_primes
5d ago
Dumb influencers aren't unique to TikTok. Years ago people were eating Tide Pods and posting the videos to YouTube or Facebook, and influencers have been shot while messing with strangers for "prank" videos. All of these platforms moderate content like this, but it's a cat and mouse game with users who want to evade the filters. YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are copycat services offering the same short clip style of content, with the same issues.
It's a bit hard to take the TikTok moral panic seriously when the main driving force for the ban was US tech companies mad that they were being disrupted (or looking to buy the distressed asset for a discount), and it only took off thanks to AIPAC and the ADL getting upset that TikTok refused to aggressively moderate pro-Palestine content. The content can be dumb, but I don't think a sufficient case has been made for banning the service on national security grounds.
odd_primes
25d ago
This one? For some reason I vaguely remembered the same photoshop. It was on the first page of Brave's image search. https://ifunny.co/picture/breaking-news-breaking-hoes-mad-pep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-i-yCRb3GSP7
The Harvard Law Review published an analysis of the case that was largely supportive of Mackey after the trial court decision. Even as a non-lawyer I found it pretty informative and comprehensible. They mention some potential issues with the jury instructions, as the judge failed to address the issue of parody.
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