Ethiopia: Algorithm of Neglect, Business of Extremism – How TikTok Monetizes Ethiopia’s Trauma, Profits From Pain

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- When a social media platform enters a new market, it arrives with promises of global connection, creative expression, and digital democratisation. But in Ethiopia, ByteDance's TikTok has delivered something far more sinister. It has transformed our collective trauma into viral entertainment. While the platform celebrates billions in global revenue, Ethiopian users pay the bill in blood, broken communities, and uninhibited online terror. TikTok has failed Ethiopia by design, operating on a business model

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