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Over the last ~3 years I've been passively following the negative PR campaign against TT by Meta; a lot of the outrage felt a bit manufactured, specifically the outlandish claims like the 'slap a teacher challenge' which, upon investigation, didn't actually exist [0]

[0] https://www.vice.com/en/article/slap-a-teacher-tiktok-challe...

https://archive.ph/ERLFo - Facebook paid Targeted Victory, a PR firm, to malign TikTok

https://archive.ph/wYuvL - A whistleblower’s power: Key takeaways from the Facebook Papers

https://archive.ph/rWDA4 - Mark Zuckerberg says TikTok is a threat to democracy, but didn't say he spent 6 months trying to buy its predecessor

https://archive.ph/H8SIk - Before Mark Zuckerberg Tried To Kill TikTok, He Wanted To Own It

https://archive.ph/liFKi - FACEBOOK’S PLAYBOOK TO BEAT COMPETITORS HAS HAD TO CHANGE WITH TIKTOK

https://archive.ph/9XSqi - Facebook Tries to Take Down TikTok

https://archive.ph/LWTHf - Reuters: Factbox: Facebook and TikTok's fraught history - quick look

https://archive.ph/H3dfJ - Facebook Parent Company Defends Its PR Campaign to Portray TikTok as Threat to American Children


While I'm hesitant to accept anything posted on social media [Reddit, in this case] as something that translates to real-life sentiment of the average person, there has been quite a bit of celebration and encouragement towards damaging Tesla vehicles on there over the last several weeks.

In addition to the a story I saw here of a note with a brick left on a car owners windshield.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/1j4kc7p/france_being_based_for...

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1j2vkxt/this_was_on_m...


Fascinating tactic when you consider that damaging a Tesla is the only way Musk can get more money out of a used Tesla.

But I guess it's just mindless mob hatred.


I don't think you are including the discouraging effect on buying a new Tesla, and being prone to vandalism might also be considered by insurance companies on their calculations.


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