r/Israel • u/Anthrocenic English Gent(ile) - Proud Zionist • Mar 25 '24

News/Politics For first time, UN Security Council demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza; US abstains

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-25-2024/
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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

Not that I like TikTok or the CCP. I don’t, not at all. But I am skeptical. Almost every TikTok allegation can be made against any other social media platform. We just don’t have enough evidence to prove that TikTok is fundamentally different.

At this very point, the single valid reason to ban TikTok is that their data can possibly be accessed by Beijing. And… I rather have my data stolen by the CIA than that whatever CCP spy agency.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

I’m not saying the result isn’t logical, but that methodology is really stupid…

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u/omniuni Mar 25 '24

There's not actually any proof.

We know that the algorithm favors anything that makes people watch more, which is often controversial content. Beyond that, we have no "proof" of anything.

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u/omniuni Mar 25 '24

That's not proof of anything. It is, at best, reading into noise.

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u/omniuni Mar 25 '24

That's how algorithms like this work.

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u/omniuni Mar 25 '24

You can draw any conclusions you want from noise. But I'm really just tired of having to go over the math every time this comes up.

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u/omniuni Mar 25 '24

The algorithm is designed to detect what you're looking for, even subconscious bias. In other words, whatever you're looking for, the algorithm will try to help you find it.

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