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artisbrutal2021

@artisbrutal2021

Nicole Junkermann - Panama Papers?
offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/12113535

https://twitter.com/Jikkyleaks/status/1668819183981973504

Shareholder - COPELAND SECURITIES INC.

registered in British Virgin Islands

Linked country: Luxembourg
Agent: Mossack Fonseca

COPELAND SECURITIES INC.
offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/10207216

NICOLE JUNKERMANN- Shareholder - 15-DEC-2007
SANDRINE ZERBIB - Shareholder - 15-DEC-2007

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1467185812152496140

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UnionWatch / @watch_union@mastodon.social

@watch_union

#TikTok ist Krebs... anscheinend geht gerade eine "Challenge" rum, Vorstellungen des Films #Creed3 bis zum Abbruch zu stören. Bundesweit berichten Kinos von schwerster Randale bis hin zu Krawallen, die ein Einschreiten der Polizei nötig machen. /MS
sueddeutsche.de/panorama/krimi…

Nun haben Jugendkrawalle eine Tradition bis mindestens in die 50er ("Halbstarkenkrawalle") und die englische Wikipedia führt gar eine Liste an historischen Internet-"Challenges"... /MS
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_I…

Dennoch muss sich #TikTok - wie zuvor auch #YouTube und andere Plattformen, man erinnere sich z.B. an "Happy Slapping", "Tide Pod Challenge" und andere fragwürdige virale Aktionen - der Frage stellen: wird auf der Plattform genug moderiert? /MS

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Satoru🌟

@SatoruNull

今天都在热议#blur的帅哥创始人铁顺，随手翻他的博客，发现了一篇比他的帅照更让人惊讶的文章。铁顺写的这篇《抖音的飞轮是如何启动的》含金量极高，他从抖音的成功中学到了很多，你完全能在Blur的运营和打法中看到这篇文章的影子，值得每一个web3 builder读一读（原文链接在下面） 1/n

https://twitter.com/PacmanBlur/status/1628223367487848451

在文章中，他很犀利地指出抖音能启动飞轮靠的完全不是大家常说的字节个性推荐引擎或者产品有多优秀，而是靠抖音运营铁军高强度的运营。他列举了很多例子：发动整个运营队伍去竞品抢用户，私信Musically的创作者用奖励吸引他们迁移(Vampire attack)；去艺术院校招募长得好看的同学批量入驻等… 2/n

在完成第一轮优质内容创作者的暴力拉新后，抖音像服务皇帝一样地伺候这些创作者，给无微不至的关怀和礼物福利(Airdrop)。最初的内容排序方法并不是个性推荐，而是运营团队人工决定给哪些内容推流量。当出现反响比较好的内容，运营团队会向包括微信等全网平台搬运带有抖音水印的视频，进行引流.. 3/n

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Progen

@imcharleslo

Hilarious Img2Img results on China's #Tiktok, #Douyin, that's trending over the weekend, with millions of users trying it out....

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Recorded Future

@RecordedFuture

Take a look at how #China #Russia #Iran and #DomesticExtremist conduct influence operations – #disinformation and #misinformation campaigns – to disrupt and influence US #Midterms2022 elections. Read the full report here: bit.ly/3ew3zhN

The #Russophobia theme emerged on a #RussiaTimes interview with #DmitryBabich and in June 2022 with FSB-directed #Southfront. This appeal to ethnic Russians could drive tension between them and US govt, possibly motivating a hack-and-leak or hack-and-fake #OctoberSurprise. 2/7

Russian state-controlled media are diversifying existing infrastructure through registration of alternative website domains – website “mirrors” – and are increasingly using country code Top Level Domains within existing infrastructure. Chart shows mirror mentions for #Sputnik 3/7

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Srinivasan G

@srinicaps

China has warned investing in Metaverse stating its still infancy and could likely end in tears for investors

Meanwhile ByteDance has bought VR gear maker Pico for $1.4 billion

#China #Bytedanc #Metaverse #Pico #VR #VRChat

#Pico was valued by PE investors in March 2021 at nearly $155 Million and now #Bytedance has purchased Pico at $1.4 Billion… a very aggressive valuation for a VR gear manufacturer

VR is the interface of Metaverse, but at present, the most widely used scene of consumer VR is games.
#VR #Metaverse #AR #GamingNFT

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نهانگرد

@nahaangard

قصه اینه که #ByteDance کمپانی مادریه که #Douyin رو سال ۲۰۱۶ به عنوان یه استارت‌آپ خصوصی برای مارکت چین راه میندازه، سال بعد که این استارت‌آپ گل میکنه #TikTok رو برای مارکت‌های غیرچینی عرضه میکنه؛ نکته اینجاست که این دو تا اپ علی‌رغم شکل و لوگوی یکسان اساساً دو محصول متفاوتن!...

تیک‌تاک در چین قابل دسترس نیست (اگر از قبل روی گوشی داشته باشین هم امکان لاگین نیست) همونطور که Douyin در خارج چین در دسترس نیست؛ سرور‌هاشون هم به گفته بایت‌دنس جداست؛ حتی اگه یک کی‌ورد رو همزمان در داخل چین روی Douyin و در خارج چین روی تیک‌تاک سرچ کنید نتایج متفاوت میگیرید...

اما هر دو اپ دووین و تیک‌تاک فیلترینگ مستمر محتوا دارن که از سمت دولت بیجینگ دیکته میشه؛ قسمت ترسناک‌تر اونجاست که به گفته خود ByteDance که ادعا کرده با اینکه سرورهای تیک‌تاک در خارج چینه(!) در صورت درخواست مقامات اطلاعات کاربران با مقامات چین به اشتراک گذاشته میشه...

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Mr. Midnimo

@MrMidnimo

#TikTok hits 100 million users in #Europe. TikTok, known as #Douyin in China has quickly become the world's leading social media app.

Are you aware of this massively growing platform? If not, kindly ask your kids, grand children or younger siblings.

You have probably read it pass by why US wants to ban TikTok, because it poses a major threat to U.S. social media giants as companies may start to spend their advertising budgets on TikTok instead of platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Snap.

Globally, TikTok has been downloaded over 2 billion times, according to app tracking firm @SensorTower. But TikTok's future is uncertain as governments around the world start to question its links to the Chinese Government.

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Paul Denlinger

@pdenlinger

Great article on how #ByteDance's #tiktok algorithms made it such a success in #China; mainly because in #China, AI algorithms have been applied at scale to entertainment. With AI, the more inputs you have, the better and more accurate the algorithm becomes.

2/ #Tiktok would not likely be as effective in the US because the market is smaller (fewer inputs) than in China. This means that the algorithms could not be optimized as it has with #Douyin in China. In the US, algorithm optimization at #Microsoft, #Google, #Facebook, #Apple

3/ is a much slower and better documented process. With #facebook, it monetized advertising mainly through small ads and political ads targeting extremist subcultures and conspiracy groups, which adds to social fracturing in the US. #Facebook makes money from US collapse.

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Elliot Alderson

@fs0c131y

1/ This morning, I wrote a thread on #douyin, the Chinese version of #TikTok. I feel the need to add more context.

Digitally speaking, the Chinese population is treated differently from the rest of the world. This is not new.

https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/1298584698663337984

2/ Firstly, the notion of privacy depends on your culture. Privacy doesn't mean the same thing for a Chinese, an Indian, a French or a Brazilian. It's not a "I'm right, you are wrong" game. We are just not on the same page.

3/ It's a well-known fact that the Chinese gov is closely monitoring his population. One way is the firmware of your phone. Yes, the phone you are holding right now if not behaving the way if he detects you are Chinese.

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Elliot Alderson

@fs0c131y

It’s time to have fun!

It's a trap! #douyin

The same way TikTok uploads "app_log", Douyin uploads "app_logs". Yes, it's an HTTP request. It's very common when you analyse Chinese apps.

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The Observers

@Observers

[thread]
"Chinese people eating #batsoup"... You've probably seen some of these videos that have flooded social networks since the outbreak of the #coronavirus epidemic in China, with caption suggesting that eating bats was a cause of the virus. We fact-checked seven videos...

First off, we talked to several experts in Chinese cuisine. They all agreed: there is no tradition of eating bats in Chinese culture. It's generally seen as disgusting, in #Wuhan and elsewhere in #China.

Video #1: This video does indeed show a Chinese woman eating a bat - not in #Wuhan, but 3,000 km away in the Pacific nation #Palau. She's a well-known influencer on the Chinese network Weibo, who said she filmed the video in 2016 as part of a travel show.