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I don't know the dots you're trying to connect here, but there's little monetary support from Congress for Israel nowadays. Although, in my opinion, that's more

I don't know the dots you're trying to connect here, but there's little monetary support from Congress for Israel nowadays. Although, in my opinion, that's more to do with partisan politics than anything.

aaomidi 3y ago
TikTok has been the only popular social media network in the US not censoring Israeli crimes on Palestinians. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/21/meta-facebook-instagram-pro-palestine-censorship-human-rights-watch-report https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/21/meta-face... https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/2/28/twitter-under-fire-for-censuring-palestinian-public-figures https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/2/28/twitter-under-f... https://www.vox.com/culture/23997305/tiktok-palestine-israel-gaza-war https://www.vox.com/culture/23997305/tiktok-palestine-israel... There is a reason this is one of the things that's passing with bipartisan support. Both parties are excusing, and are on the side of Israel and they know that public opinion turning against Israel will cause them future problems. Reality is, the sudden push for a TikTok ban after it was stalled for more than a year is Palestine.
- harkinian 3y ago
  The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and Vox claim censorship. Is there something more credible, maybe AIPAC themselves publicly backing the TikTok ban, or some strong correlation between AIPAC contributions and House votes on the bill?
  - aaomidi 3y ago
    We have this: https://twitter.com/PamKeithFL/status/1767922368997970380 https://twitter.com/PamKeithFL/status/1767922368997970380 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/tiktok-ban-israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-account-creator-video-rcna122849 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/tiktok-ban-israel-... https://www.newarab.com/news/us-pro-israel-jewish-group-backs-ban-antisemitic-tiktok https://www.newarab.com/news/us-pro-israel-jewish-group-back... Most of the time the lobbying isn't happening out in public. But once it takes momentum, the lobbies usually start publicly backing it.
    - harkinian 3y ago
      The first two don't say much. The third one about JFNA's letter to Congress is key. Didn't cite the primary source for some reason, but it matches: https://cdn.fedweb.org/fed-1/1/Jewish%2520Federation%2520Letter%2520on%2520H.R.%25207521.pdf https://cdn.fedweb.org/fed-1/1/Jewish%2520Federation%2520Let... "A vote for HR 7521 is a vote against antisemitism."

aaomidi 3y ago

TikTok has been the only popular social media network in the US not censoring Israeli crimes on Palestinians. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/21/meta-facebook-instagram-pro-palestine-censorship-human-rights-watch-report https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/21/meta-face... https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/2/28/twitter-under-fire-for-censuring-palestinian-public-figures https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/2/28/twitter-under-f... https://www.vox.com/culture/23997305/tiktok-palestine-israel-gaza-war https://www.vox.com/culture/23997305/tiktok-palestine-israel... There is a reason this is one of the things that's passing with bipartisan support. Both parties are excusing, and are on the side of Israel and they know that public opinion turning against Israel will cause them future problems. Reality is, the sudden push for a TikTok ban after it was stalled for more than a year is Palestine.

harkinian 3y ago
The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and Vox claim censorship. Is there something more credible, maybe AIPAC themselves publicly backing the TikTok ban, or some strong correlation between AIPAC contributions and House votes on the bill?
- aaomidi 3y ago
  We have this: https://twitter.com/PamKeithFL/status/1767922368997970380 https://twitter.com/PamKeithFL/status/1767922368997970380 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/tiktok-ban-israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-account-creator-video-rcna122849 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/tiktok-ban-israel-... https://www.newarab.com/news/us-pro-israel-jewish-group-backs-ban-antisemitic-tiktok https://www.newarab.com/news/us-pro-israel-jewish-group-back... Most of the time the lobbying isn't happening out in public. But once it takes momentum, the lobbies usually start publicly backing it.
  - harkinian 3y ago
    The first two don't say much. The third one about JFNA's letter to Congress is key. Didn't cite the primary source for some reason, but it matches: https://cdn.fedweb.org/fed-1/1/Jewish%2520Federation%2520Letter%2520on%2520H.R.%25207521.pdf https://cdn.fedweb.org/fed-1/1/Jewish%2520Federation%2520Let... "A vote for HR 7521 is a vote against antisemitism."