D. Ray
2024-05-25 05:47:01 UTC
In the last few weeks, Elon Musk reinstated the account of America First
influencer Nick Fuentes on X, formerly Twitter. Speech restrictions on the
platform have gradually been eased since Musk’s acquisition in 2022, to the
point that pro-White and “antisemitic” content now regularly go viral.
Simultaneously, the US Federal Government has taken the unprecedented step
of passing a law that will ban TikTok, unless its Chinese parent company
divests ownership to Jewish investors.
This drastic move was made on behalf of America’s Jewish community, which
blames TikTok for Israel losing the PR war in Gaza by allowing the
proliferation of pro-Palestine and anti-Zionist content in the wake of
October 7th.
This begs the question, why does a surge of anti-Zionist material on TikTok
warrant an immediate ban, while X/Twitter has largely escaped scrutiny
despite its own surge of anti-Zionist—and in some cases pro-White
material—in recent months?
The answer can be found in this year’s Infinite Dial survey, conducted by
Edison Research. The survey tracks social media use in the US by conducting
a poll of Americans.
The most striking statistic in this survey is an observable decline in
X/Twitter use by Americans between 2023 and 2024, from 27% to 19% of the
population, a decline of 30%.
The likely culprit for this decline was the decision to turn X/Twitter into
a walled garden. By no longer allowing users to freely search and view
tweets without the need for a registered account, this subtle change places
a hard limit on the impact X/Twitter can have on the general population.
Looking at the Infinite Dial survey further, it can be seen that X/Twitter
is a relatively “niche” social media platform, with only 5% of the general
population reporting that they use it as their primary social media app.
In contrast, TikTok boasts a significantly broader user base, with 13% of
the population naming it their primary social media platform. Moreover,
among 12-34-year-olds, this figure rises to 23%, making TikTok the second
largest social media platform within this demographic.
Looking at the data, it is clear why ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt was
alarmed late last year over the proliferation of anti-Zionist material on
TikTok but relatively mute on its proliferation on X/Twitter.
Data suggests that TikTok is a far wider-reaching platform, especially
among young people. Thus, the likelihood of a depoliticized ‘normie’
encountering anti-Zionist material is far greater on TikTok than on
X/Twitter.
X/Twitter, in comparison, has effectively become a ghetto for American
political discourse, where people who are already politicized are siloed
into their own echo chamber depending on their pre-existing political
interests.
That being said, X/Twitter’s value as a propaganda outlet appears to be
worth exploiting, as the platform’s somewhat politicized user base is
rapidly becoming further radicalized. This is especially true on the issues
of addressing the Great Replacement, Israel, and Jewish power.
This can no better be demonstrated than with the emergence of large
accounts such as Irish Nationalist Keith Woods and Jake Shields, who both
were able to maintain their presence on X/Twitter under the previous
censorship regime. The two accounts have been able to push increasingly
radical ideas even further now that censorship as a whole on X/Twitter has
been relaxed.
While America’s Jewish elite are furiously banning TikTok to prevent the
further politicization of the general population, they are essentially
writing off the already politicized portion of the population from being
further radicalized—on the right and the left—by not forcing Musk to censor
X/Twitter.
It is a huge miscalculation for the Jewish community to allow X/Twitter to
radicalize politicized people further. However, their attention appears to
be diverted by other more pressing concerns, amidst the collapse of the
American empire.
Should their priorities shift or the radicalization on X/Twitter begin to
cause destabilizing issues, they very well could turn their attention back
to Elon Musk’s X and crack down on institutional dissent.
In a meeting leaked earlier this year, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt again
reiterated his demand to revoke Section 230 of the Communications Decency
Act, which shields online platforms from legal liability for user-generated
content.
Something that both Democrats and Republicans have promised to do in recent
years. It is not unlikely that Section 230 will be stripped at some point,
and Jewish organizations such as the ADL will use lawfare to force
censorship on X/Twitter.
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influencer Nick Fuentes on X, formerly Twitter. Speech restrictions on the
platform have gradually been eased since Musk’s acquisition in 2022, to the
point that pro-White and “antisemitic” content now regularly go viral.
Simultaneously, the US Federal Government has taken the unprecedented step
of passing a law that will ban TikTok, unless its Chinese parent company
divests ownership to Jewish investors.
This drastic move was made on behalf of America’s Jewish community, which
blames TikTok for Israel losing the PR war in Gaza by allowing the
proliferation of pro-Palestine and anti-Zionist content in the wake of
October 7th.
This begs the question, why does a surge of anti-Zionist material on TikTok
warrant an immediate ban, while X/Twitter has largely escaped scrutiny
despite its own surge of anti-Zionist—and in some cases pro-White
material—in recent months?
The answer can be found in this year’s Infinite Dial survey, conducted by
Edison Research. The survey tracks social media use in the US by conducting
a poll of Americans.
The most striking statistic in this survey is an observable decline in
X/Twitter use by Americans between 2023 and 2024, from 27% to 19% of the
population, a decline of 30%.
The likely culprit for this decline was the decision to turn X/Twitter into
a walled garden. By no longer allowing users to freely search and view
tweets without the need for a registered account, this subtle change places
a hard limit on the impact X/Twitter can have on the general population.
Looking at the Infinite Dial survey further, it can be seen that X/Twitter
is a relatively “niche” social media platform, with only 5% of the general
population reporting that they use it as their primary social media app.
In contrast, TikTok boasts a significantly broader user base, with 13% of
the population naming it their primary social media platform. Moreover,
among 12-34-year-olds, this figure rises to 23%, making TikTok the second
largest social media platform within this demographic.
Looking at the data, it is clear why ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt was
alarmed late last year over the proliferation of anti-Zionist material on
TikTok but relatively mute on its proliferation on X/Twitter.
Data suggests that TikTok is a far wider-reaching platform, especially
among young people. Thus, the likelihood of a depoliticized ‘normie’
encountering anti-Zionist material is far greater on TikTok than on
X/Twitter.
X/Twitter, in comparison, has effectively become a ghetto for American
political discourse, where people who are already politicized are siloed
into their own echo chamber depending on their pre-existing political
interests.
That being said, X/Twitter’s value as a propaganda outlet appears to be
worth exploiting, as the platform’s somewhat politicized user base is
rapidly becoming further radicalized. This is especially true on the issues
of addressing the Great Replacement, Israel, and Jewish power.
This can no better be demonstrated than with the emergence of large
accounts such as Irish Nationalist Keith Woods and Jake Shields, who both
were able to maintain their presence on X/Twitter under the previous
censorship regime. The two accounts have been able to push increasingly
radical ideas even further now that censorship as a whole on X/Twitter has
been relaxed.
While America’s Jewish elite are furiously banning TikTok to prevent the
further politicization of the general population, they are essentially
writing off the already politicized portion of the population from being
further radicalized—on the right and the left—by not forcing Musk to censor
X/Twitter.
It is a huge miscalculation for the Jewish community to allow X/Twitter to
radicalize politicized people further. However, their attention appears to
be diverted by other more pressing concerns, amidst the collapse of the
American empire.
Should their priorities shift or the radicalization on X/Twitter begin to
cause destabilizing issues, they very well could turn their attention back
to Elon Musk’s X and crack down on institutional dissent.
In a meeting leaked earlier this year, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt again
reiterated his demand to revoke Section 230 of the Communications Decency
Act, which shields online platforms from legal liability for user-generated
content.
Something that both Democrats and Republicans have promised to do in recent
years. It is not unlikely that Section 230 will be stripped at some point,
and Jewish organizations such as the ADL will use lawfare to force
censorship on X/Twitter.
Have a story? Please forward any tips or leads to the editors at
***@proton.me
<https://justicereport.news/2024/05/23/x-twitter-and-the-american-political-ghetto/>
<https://archive.ph/aOQ7q>