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TikTok shuts down disinformation network targeting Ireland
RTÉ News ^ | Thursday, 28 Sep 2023 15:22 | Brian O’Donovan, Work & Technology Correspondent

Posted on 09/28/2023 10:17:45 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Video sharing platform TikTok said it has uncovered and shut down a covert influence operation targeting Ireland.

The network had 72 accounts and more than 94,000 followers.

TikTok said the operators of the accounts posted divisive views in a bid to intensify social conflict.

The details are contained in a report submitted to the European Commission by TikTok as part of an EU Code of Practice on Disinformation. […]

“The individuals behind this network created inauthentic accounts; hyper-posted content with divisive views related to nationalism in Ireland, Japan, Russia, and Taiwan,” TikTok said.

They also “hyper-posted comments with similar low-quality content in an attempt to redirect TikTok users off-platform and to intensify social conflict,” according to the report. …

(Excerpt) Read more at rte.ie ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: china; eussr; fartyshadesofgreen; fourthreich; gaza; hamas; ireland; nationalism; redchina; tiktok

1 posted on 09/28/2023 10:17:45 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

“TikTok said the operators of the accounts posted divisive views...”

Gotta LOVE what the West has become.


2 posted on 09/28/2023 10:21:27 PM PDT by BobL (I own an F150 so that I can tow my boat all day Saturday and look Manly)
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To: Olog-hai

Social media is a disease.


3 posted on 09/28/2023 10:26:57 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump Lake 2024....Go down swinging!)
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To: Olog-hai

TikTok is a Chicom disinformation network.


4 posted on 09/28/2023 11:05:29 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: BobL

“Gotta LOVE what the West has become.”

TikTok is Chinese and the troublemaking nationalist trolls are probably Ruzzian.


5 posted on 09/28/2023 11:49:36 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Olog-hai

If tiktok blocked it, it was probably something good like a MAGA message


6 posted on 09/29/2023 1:31:45 AM PDT by MNDude
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To: Olog-hai

Globalists deplore nationalists.


7 posted on 09/29/2023 2:23:43 AM PDT by Prolixus (In all seriousness:)
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To: Olog-hai

By now we all should realize that terms like disinformation or misinformation are nothing more than euphemisms used to prohibit views that disagree with those who have the power to censor communication (free speech).


8 posted on 09/29/2023 3:00:47 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Olog-hai

The EU’s Digital Services Act came into force last month.

This is the result.


9 posted on 09/29/2023 3:02:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: mewzilla

https://www.theverge.com/23845672/eu-digital-services-act-explained


10 posted on 09/29/2023 3:05:04 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Olog-hai
posted divisive views

And that can't be tolerated because there is only one correct view that deserves to be publicized.

11 posted on 09/29/2023 4:19:55 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: mewzilla
Hopefully, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia will refuse to enforce this EU decree. These former Iron Curtain nations have more freedom than Western “democracies” like Ireland.
12 posted on 09/29/2023 4:24:43 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Wallace T.

So far all three have shown willingness to comply with the DSA.


13 posted on 09/29/2023 4:32:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: mewzilla

They have resisted the EU demands for unlimited Third World immigration, so I was hopeful


14 posted on 09/29/2023 4:46:02 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Olog-hai

The banned accounts were probably sharing this video...

https://twitter.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1704474030105878956

Very divisive. (Watch until the end)

These people who pretend to hate colonialism so much are intentionally wiping out cultures, races and nationalities.


15 posted on 09/29/2023 5:36:47 AM PDT by nitzy (I wonder if the telescreens in 1984 were first called "free Obamascreens")
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To: MeganC
TikTok is Chinese and the troublemaking nationalist trolls are probably Ruzzian.

"X is American and the troublemaking capitalist trolls are probably yankee hegemons." ~ as Xi's communist party retards would say.

Neocons piss and moan that the non-WEFs censor even as they themselves cheerlead censorship of all that is non-WEF.

Americans used to fight for free speech, even if that speech was just political garbage. Censoring only demonstrates that the censor's own positions are weak and unable to stand up under scrutiny.

16 posted on 09/29/2023 5:48:52 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Olog-hai

The trick phrase is “community standards”. One person decides what is community standards. It’s a great gig.


17 posted on 09/29/2023 5:56:40 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Sirius Lee

My post was a response. Try reading it for some context.


18 posted on 09/29/2023 6:37:39 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: nitzy

If you look back in history, you’ll see the Soviet Union always going on about “colonialist powers” also.


19 posted on 09/29/2023 1:26:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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