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TikTok Loves Hamas, Pumpkin Spice Misogyny | Pirate Wires Podcast #21 🏴‍☠️

2023/11/3

Pirate Wires

The discussion analyzes TikTok's skewed portrayal of the Israel-Palestine conflict, questioning whether this is due to the platform's algorithm, demographics, or Chinese influence. The conversation highlights the significant non-American presence shaping online discourse and the challenges in discerning authentic opinions from bot activity.

TikTok shows a significant pro-Palestinian bias.
A large portion of English-speaking TikTok users are not American.
The algorithm amplifies popular opinions, potentially creating echo chambers.

Shownotes Transcript

EPISODE 21: This week, the Pirate Wires crew joins Solana to talk about why opinion on Israel-Palestine is so one-sided on TikTok, the "violent history" of the pumpkin spice latte, the viral Halloween candy incident, anchor babies, and Australia.

Featuring Mike Solana , Brandon Gorrell, River Page, Sanjana Friedman

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Topics Discussed:

https://www.theindustry.pw/p/tiktok-dancing-for-hamas

https://www.piratewires.com/p/history-pumpkin-spice-latte

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Sanjana Twitter: https://twitter.com/metaversehell

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