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Multiple reps publicly said TikTok needed to be banned because they couldn't control the narrative around Gaza as easily. TikTok is the only platform I regular

Multiple reps publicly said TikTok needed to be banned because they couldn't control the narrative around Gaza as easily. TikTok is the only platform I regularly see content about Gaza fed from the algorithm.

unethical_ban 2y ago
I'd be interested in a source for that.
- westernmostcoy 2y ago
  https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/05/06/senator-romney-antony-blinken-tiktok-ban-israel-palestinian-content https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/05/06/senato...
- seventhtiger 2y ago
  https://www.thefp.com/p/tik-tok-young-americans-hamas-mike-gallag https://www.thefp.com/p/tik-tok-young-americans-hamas-mike-g... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/13/tiktok-facebook-instagram-gaza-hastags/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/13/tiktok-... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/16/tiktok-ban-progressive-politics-activism https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/16/tiktok... https://theintercept.com/2025/01/09/tiktok-ban-israel-palestine-republicans/ https://theintercept.com/2025/01/09/tiktok-ban-israel-palest... https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2024/3/23/dissecting-the-tiktok-problem https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2024/3/... https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/business/tiktok-israel-hamas-war-gaza.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/business/tiktok-israel-ha...
- nashashmi 2y ago
  https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/chairman-mccaul-issues-statement-on-bill-addressing-critical-tiktok-threat/ https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/chairman-mcca... "enormous threat to U.S. national security and young Americans’ mental health ... capable of mobilizing the platform’s users to a range of dangerous, destabilizing actions. The Senate must pass this bill and send it to the president’s desk immediately.”
bastardoperator 2y ago
You mean people are waking up to these atrocities and are displeased? Sounds like freedom of press to me...

unethical_ban 2y ago

I'd be interested in a source for that.

westernmostcoy 2y ago
https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/05/06/senator-romney-antony-blinken-tiktok-ban-israel-palestinian-content https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/05/06/senato...
seventhtiger 2y ago
https://www.thefp.com/p/tik-tok-young-americans-hamas-mike-gallag https://www.thefp.com/p/tik-tok-young-americans-hamas-mike-g... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/13/tiktok-facebook-instagram-gaza-hastags/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/13/tiktok-... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/16/tiktok-ban-progressive-politics-activism https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/16/tiktok... https://theintercept.com/2025/01/09/tiktok-ban-israel-palestine-republicans/ https://theintercept.com/2025/01/09/tiktok-ban-israel-palest... https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2024/3/23/dissecting-the-tiktok-problem https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2024/3/... https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/business/tiktok-israel-hamas-war-gaza.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/business/tiktok-israel-ha...
nashashmi 2y ago
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/chairman-mccaul-issues-statement-on-bill-addressing-critical-tiktok-threat/ https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/chairman-mcca... "enormous threat to U.S. national security and young Americans’ mental health ... capable of mobilizing the platform’s users to a range of dangerous, destabilizing actions. The Senate must pass this bill and send it to the president’s desk immediately.”

bastardoperator 2y ago

You mean people are waking up to these atrocities and are displeased? Sounds like freedom of press to me...