If you want a truly free speech social network, consider using Gab or 4chan. Oh wait, many potential users would find the content there distasteful.
There's no perfect social network out there. The other major social networks are happy to censor too (e.g. Trump, doctors discussing COVID-19 contrary to government agencies, etc) and they're just as bad with privacy too. Actually worse (I've been personally banned from Twitter for not providing a phone number, TikTok doesn't require one).
Not saying TikTok is perfect, but the more friends I add on TikTok the less I rely on Zuckerberg's empire.
I wasn't talking about or looking for "a truly free speech social network". My point is that someone made a wild baseless claim that "TikTok ended censorship" without any evidence supplied to back this claim and it was debunked immediately WITH strong counter evidence.
> If you want a truly free speech social network, consider using Gab or 4chan. Oh wait, many potential users would find the content there distasteful.
A 'true' 'free speech social network' also allows illegal content to be uploaded on there. Gab and 4chan censor content that is deemed illegal; thus they don't qualify for this.
I've tried both Twitter, and Gab and deleted both of my accounts there since the not only the content there was very distasteful, but they are both poor on protecting your privacy.
Disinformation and misleading content is still spreading around on their platforms and to some extent, it seems that Twitter doesn't censor some content that is actually illegal. [0] They seem to think that their community rules are above the law.
4chan will ban you or hide your posts for asking the wrong questions or writing things the "jannies" don't agree with. I don't know about Gab, but 4chan is free-speech in name only, if you make left-wing arguments that are too convincing your posts will be hidden or removed. Happened to me before.
If you want a truly free speech social network, consider using Gab or 4chan. Oh wait, many potential users would find the content there distasteful.
There's no perfect social network out there. The other major social networks are happy to censor too (e.g. Trump, doctors discussing COVID-19 contrary to government agencies, etc) and they're just as bad with privacy too. Actually worse (I've been personally banned from Twitter for not providing a phone number, TikTok doesn't require one).
Not saying TikTok is perfect, but the more friends I add on TikTok the less I rely on Zuckerberg's empire.