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¿De qué se trata UpScrolled?: la red social que lidera descargas en EE UU ante denuncias de censura en TikTok
La red social australiana UpScrolled alcanzó los primeros puestos de descarga en las tiendas de aplicaciones de Estados Unidos debido al descontento de miles de usuarios de TikTok por censuras en contenido crítico con la política estadounidense tras la reciente reestructuración de TikTok en el país.
TL;DR
- UpScrolled, an Australian social media app, topped US download charts due to user discontent with TikTok.
- Users accused TikTok of censoring content critical of US politics, including criticisms of ICE and protests.
- Billie Eilish stated TikTok "is silencing people" and cited an example of her brother's video with low views despite criticizing a political event.
- TikTok cited data center interruptions for issues, raising privacy concerns about GPS tracking.
- Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, is now influential over TikTok's US algorithm, content moderation, and data security.
- UpScrolled experienced a surge of 41,000 downloads in the US between Thursday and Saturday after TikTok's restructuring announcement.
- UpScrolled describes itself as a "censorship-free" platform, contrasting with TikTok, Meta, and X.
- UpScrolled's founder, Issam Hijazi, stated the app was created because social media had become less social and algorithms limited authentic voices.
- Other TikTok alternatives like Skylight are also seeing increased user sign-ups.