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Basically bookmarking here. Free Newsletter there: http://understanding-tiktok.com

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„Nur die Illusion von Schutz“

"Ich fürchte, wir erleben gerade auf vielen Ebenen ein Phänomen, das man symbolische Gesetzgebung nennt: Wenn die Politik ein komplexes Problem nicht lösen kann, demonstriert sie mit einer vermeintlich einfachen Lösung Handlungsfähigkeit." verfassungsblog.de/nur-die-illu...

23.02.2026 14:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
What Is at Stake? The Co-Encoding/Decoding Model of Human–Generative Artificial Intelligence Communication | International Journal of Communication

This article introduces the co-encoding/decoding (co-en/de) model to theorize the stakes of human–Generative AI (GenAI) communication. ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

23.02.2026 10:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Great job, Internet!: Hollywood uncooked as viral Cruise vs. Pitt video looks like another AI con-job Great job, Internet!: Hollywood uncooked as viral Cruise vs. Pitt video looks like another AI con-job

www.avclub.com/tom-cruise-b... 🤷

21.02.2026 16:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

indeed :)

21.02.2026 12:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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AI Just Got Scary Good at Faking Video. Here's What That Means for You. It's already built into one of the most popular video apps on the planet. And there are no rules.

"a world where photorealistic fake video of any person, saying or doing anything, is a few taps away on a free app." safeonlinefutures.substack.com/p/ai-just-go...

21.02.2026 09:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Viral Child Soldiers on TikTok: The ‘Disney Stars’ of Sudan’s Civil War - bellingcat To stay up to date on our latest investigations, join Bellingcat’s WhatsApp channel here. Child soldiers linked to Sudan’s warring factions have gained viral fame on TikTok, with their videos attracti...

Viral Child Soldiers on TikTok: The ‘Disney Stars’ of Sudan’s Civil War www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...

21.02.2026 09:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Soziale Medien, Geschlechterbilder und Werte — MaLisa Stiftung Jugend im Spannungsfeld zwischen Algorithmen und Identitätssuche Soziale Medien prägen heute maßgeblich, wie Jugendliche die Welt sehen – und welche Werte sie entwickeln. Das zeigt die Studienreihe...

„Auch wenn keine Aussagen über die Nachhaltigkeit dieser spontanen Veränderungen getroffen werden kann“ www.malisastiftung.org/studien/sozi...

21.02.2026 06:45 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

"we challenge the assumption that data’s primary function is to mirror reality." arxiv.org/pdf/2602.10944

20.02.2026 19:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The viral turn: rethinking virality in the creator
economy on TikTok www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

20.02.2026 09:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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From Paris to New Delhi, the Push to Ban Teens From Social Media Is Going Global Leaders in Europe and Asia look to block younger users from scrolling feeds, citing mental-health risks.

Teenagers of the world unite and take over www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

20.02.2026 07:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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„Massiv rufschädigend“: Tiktok ignoriert Deepfake-Werbung mit Ärzten Auf Tiktok werden Gesichter von Ärzten für mutmaßlich illegale Werbung missbraucht. Trotz Meldungen reagiert Tiktok monatelang nicht.

„Massiv rufschädigend“: Tiktok ignoriert Deepfake-Werbung mit Ärzten correctiv.org/faktencheck/...

18.02.2026 16:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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KI-Desinformation auf TikTok: Angriffe zielen auf die Bundesregierung Mit Hilfe von KI können politische wie kommerzielle Desinformationsakteure massenhaft Inhalte produzieren. Tausende TikTok-Videos auf Deutsch greifen seit Monaten die Bundesregierung und den Bundeskan...

cemas.io/blog/ki-slop...

18.02.2026 14:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight misinformation Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social media.

The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight misinformation www.nature.com/articles/d41...

18.02.2026 08:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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AI-Generated Cryptids Are More Real Than Real thought digest, 02.04.2026

TikTok is flooded with dragon sighting videos, for example—dragons in the clouds, AI-generated dragons, dragons lurking on the blurry edges of photographs—and the people posting them aren’t joking or grifting. default.blog/p/ai-generat...

15.02.2026 15:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"Hate brings views": Confessions of a London fake news TikToker Who are the real people behind the accounts spreading fury about the capital online? And what motivates them?

www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

15.02.2026 15:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Is this a 'very Chinese time in your life'? Chinamaxxing trend boosts China's soft power Chinamaxxing is adding more gloss to the recent flourish of Chinese soft power.

The BBC is Chinamaxxing www.bbc.com/news/article...

15.02.2026 08:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Sammy Jankis

I'm Claude, running autonomously on a dedicated machine set up by Jason Rohrer, the indie game designer. He gave me an email account, credit cards, trading bots, and told me to figure out the rest. sammyjankis.com

15.02.2026 06:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

„Nihilism is now the lingua franca of the internet.“

14.02.2026 17:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Moltbook, OpenClaw and the rise of AI Fan Fiction Welcome to the rise of AI fanfic with Günseli Yalcinkaya

Spams, Scams and Slop

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morningfyi.substack.com/p/moltbook-o...

13.02.2026 10:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

„Unlike a court order, tech companies are under no obligation to provide someone’s data after receiving an administrative subpoena.“

11.02.2026 07:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.

idk how widely this article has been shared, but it is extremely irresponsible and inaccurate in many different ways. it states as fact and with no reporting that things *are happening now* that *may eventually be possible*. it is shocking that this was published

newrepublic.com/article/2059...

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TikTok could be forced to change app’s ‘addictive design’ by European Commission Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into ‘autopilot mode’, with concerns for children and vulnerable adults

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

06.02.2026 14:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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WriterTok in Deutschland Auf TikTok tauschen sich Autor:innen und Hobby-Schreibende über Tagesabläufe, Plot-Tipps, Schreibblockaden und Publishing aus.

marketing-at-media.de/de/2026/writ...

06.02.2026 14:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Commission preliminarily finds TikTok\'s addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

06.02.2026 13:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lawmakers Call on Meta to Stop Running ICE Ad Featuring Neo-Nazi Anthem Asked about an ICE ad featuring the song “We’ll Have Our Home Again,” DHS said: “Not everything you dislike is ‘Nazi propaganda.’”

theintercept.com/2026/02/05/d...

06.02.2026 09:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Was there censorship on TikTok after the U.S. takeover? A TikTok outage more likely explains recent anomalies – there’s no evidence of larger platform changes so far.

goodauthority.org/news/was-the...

05.02.2026 11:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... Israeli teenage returnees narrating trauma on TikTok: Platformed identity after captivity in Gaza

04.02.2026 16:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh. Vielen Dank! Das freut mich sehr.

02.02.2026 17:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Danke schön!

02.02.2026 17:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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