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> something we have ample evidence for

Can you share some of that evidence? My impression from the SCOTUS case is that the government only alleged it could happen, not that it was happening. So I’m a bit surprised to see someone so confidently assert it is happening.

> more likely than not find evidence of algorithm manipulation

I think a lot of people have been looking. For years. Yet you admit there is no smoking gun. Perhaps if we look in the right place we will find Russell’s teapot orbiting Jupiter as well. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_teapot




I'd like to see that evidence too, hopefully for more than one instance/source.

IMO, it's been obvious that the danger seen in TikTok is that it's a propaganda tool out of USA's control. If it was really a national security danger, USA could simply ban it instead of fighting so hard to own it.


You don't have to look that hard—there have been several independent groups who have noted different ways in which the algorithm is skewed pro-CCP:

https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/NCRI-Report_-...

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/social-psychology/artic...


The study you linked doesn’t have a control group, which is a fairly fundamental oversight. In other words, it can’t answer the question of whether all negative political content is down ranked or just Chinese political content.




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