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Facebook Pays to Plant Bad TikTok Press [Content Made Simple]

Issue #263: Crazy social media facts, the internet killed culture, and more.

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Chris Martin
Mar 31, 2022
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Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok

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In other emails, Targeted Victory urged partners to push stories to local media tying TikTok to dangerous teen trends in an effort to show the app’s purported harms. “Any local examples of bad TikTok trends/stories in your markets?” a Targeted Victory staffer asked.

“Dream would be t…

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