TikTok claimed bugs blocked anti-ICE videos, Epstein mentions; experts call BS
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/59392329
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/tiktok-claimed-bugs-blocked-anti-ice-videos-epstein-mentions-experts-call-bs/Open linkView original on lemmy.ca
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Given TikTok's origins, the censorship infrastructure was already baked in.
It was just an innocent mistake in calculating how much they could get away with while everyone is still watching closely.
It's very hard to imagine on a technical level how this kind of censorship issue could occur as a glitch.
AI
Nazis don't deserve the benefit of the doubt.
Always assume malice.
I guess I'm glad they're doing the censorship stupidly and hamfistedly, rather than subtly and competently?
They are only claiming this because they got called out, I promise you.
Lol "experts". Okay.
Anyone with a fucking brain knows what this is. I guess we're all "experts" now!
Damn, it sure was a coincidence it was all the things they would love to censor.
They didn't mean to block them, it was meant to just secretly filter them out
In Soviet Russia, it's not a bug it's a feature,
In freedom America: it's not a feature it's a bug.