https://www.garbageday.email/p/tiktok-teens-arent-stanning-osama
"By now you have, no doubt, heard all about the dangerous new TikTok trend
sweeping the nation. China’s great and powerful cyber weapon has convinced the
innocent teenagers of America that Osama bin Laden was actually a pretty cool
guy and now they’re all sharing his 2002 “Letter To America”. Well, first, just
to get it out of the way, Osama bin Laden was actually bad. Also, a nepo baby.
After spending most of yesterday digging into this, I’m pretty convinced that
this was never a real thing on TikTok. Even though it has since snowballed into
a full on moral panic that is beginning to feel dangerously unstable. The Biden
administration released a statement about the supposed trend and alarmed
big-name creators and actors also reportedly met with TikTok this week to
discuss the rise of antisemitism on the app.
So I’m punting this week’s paid-only weekend edition and, instead, going to go
step-by-step through how this happened, or didn’t, and hopefully set the record
straight."
On the importance of perspective.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
