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American Exceptionalism in Digital Diaspora: #FreePalestine, The Watermelon, and The Algorithmic Policing of Palestinian Activism. -Elvira Chong
This conference paper will be discussing about the examinations of the Palestinian digital diaspora and activist community on TikTok, more specifically, the #FreePalestine tag category through the usage of social media affordances and TikTok’s platform-specific features, and how a Western-catered algorithm disproportionately discriminates against pro-Palestinian activism content on TikTok.
Question 1: When I think back on my presentation, I see that one of its shortcomings was that I neglected…