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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Twitter's new TikTok copycat is filled with animal cruelty videos. Elon calls content "Edgy"

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Twitter's new TikTok copycat is filled with animal cruelty videos. Elon calls content "Edgy"

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Twitter shows police brutality, anti-vaccine videos on TikTok copycat

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Users said they saw violent content when they swiped up on videos after the feature was highlighted by Elon Musk on Sunday.

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Many reported being alarmed by a stream of graphic videos they encountered while scrolling through the feed, including videos showing gun violence, police brutality, physical altercations and vaccine misinformation.

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