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One of the biggest shareholders of UMG is Pershing Square which is Bill Ackman’s company. Also UMG has been vocal about its support for Israel. Thus it’s calls
by bhouston 3y ago
One of the biggest shareholders of UMG is Pershing Square which is Bill Ackman’s company. Also UMG has been vocal about its support for Israel. Thus it’s calls for user safety (point 3) is probably related to other demands that TikTok reduce the vitality of pro-Palestinian content similar to what Meta is doing:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship-palestine-content https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/10/tiktok-faces-renewed-calls-for-a-ban-amid-pro-hamas-anti-israel-claims https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/10/tiktok-faces-renew...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/10/10/billionaire-ackman-others-pledge-they-wont-hire-harvard-students-who-signed-letter-criticizing-israel/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/10/10/billion...