Tag: Social Conditioning

Chinese pregnancy apps normalize consuming baby formula over breastfeeding, a 2019 University of Sydney study states.

Chinese Pregnancy Apps ‘Normalize’ Baby Formula Over Breastfeeding: Study

A study examining hundreds of pregnancy and parenting apps employing advertising to target parents in mainland China went to great lengths to deprecate breastfeeding in favor of the consumption of baby formula, a 2019 study...

In this photo illustration, a mobile phone can be seen displaying the logos for Chinese apps WeChat and TikTok in front of a monitor showing the flags of the United States and China on an internet page, on September 22, 2020 in Beijing, China. A recent investigation by Wall Street Journal found TikTok’s algorithm can learn its users' desires in as little as 40 minutes and will quickly bury the account in a rabbit hole of related content.

TikTok Learns User Desires in 40 Minutes, Curates Rabbitholed Content

Chinese Communist Party controlled video-based social influencing app TikTok learns a user’s desires and attachments in as little as 40 minutes before beginning the process of bombarding the client with curated content designed to keep...

U.S. dating apps are now offering incentives for people who have received COVID-19 vaccine shots.

White House and Dating Apps Collaborate to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccinations

In an initiative announced on May 21 by White House coronavirus adviser Andy Slavitt at a press briefing, the White House will be collaborating with popular dating apps to promote Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinations....