(Observer's online news) According to a report by CBS television station 60 Minutes on the 8th, Tristan Harris, a former Google design ethicist, talked in an interview about how social media such as Facebook and Twitter "dominate" the algorithm of American network users for greater benefits.However, when talking about the influence of social media on young people and children, he inexplicably pulled out TikTok to "shake the pot", claiming that the content presented by the Chinese version of Tiktok and the overseas version of TikTok to children was "very different".He also slandered that "Chinese companies turn Tiktok into 'spinach' (for Chinese children), but turn TikTok into 'opium' and send it to the world...(under this influence) Our children now want to be online celebrities, while Chinese children want to be astronauts." In response, some netizens in the comment area angrily resented Harris, calling him to reflect on it rather than splash dirty water, "Why is a healthy 'spinach' in China a harmful 'opium' in the United States? Why are all normal things in China abnormal once they arrive in your country?" Others pointed out that user generated content just reflects the culture of the content producing country, "I think it is more like a problem in your United States than in China..." According to the program content of CBS News 60 Minutes, Tristan Harris mainly expressed in the interview that social media such as Facebook and Twitter are now amplifying the anger and anger of American users in order to gain greater benefits.He said, "The more you use insulting, inflammatory and dismissive language, the easier it will be to share and forward.The better you are at creating new ways to create divisions, the more people we (the social media platform) will praise, follow and forward to you." Harris also mentioned that a new study on Twitter found that "attacking political enemies in tweets can attract attention almost 100%", "Every relevant word that is contrary to your political position can increase the probability of the post being forwarded by 67%." He gave a recent example: the US Department of Justice released the confidential documents of former President Trump's family, and the relevant news reports only received 2000 reviews; The tweet that a Republican woman senator said Trump's political enemy was a "fool" received 10 times praise; Another tweet by a Republican but left-wing person who called Trump a "traitor" received 20 times more praise.After attacking Facebook and Twitter, Harris turned to TikTok.He believes that TikTok is achieving the same goal with addictive short videos.Some of these videos are "stupid", while others have obvious political color.Immediately after that, Harris "opened his mouth and came": TikTok seems to have become the favorite app for teenagers at present, but he found that the content that Chinese children and American children saw on this short video platform was different.Harris said that the Chinese version of Tiktok is aimed at teenagers under 14 years old, and its contents are scientific experiments, museum exhibitions, patriotic and educational videos that can be carried out at home,
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