TikTok blocks Epstein mentions and anti-Trump videos, users claim

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: Yahoo Independent

TikTok users in the US have reported being unable to write the word ‘Epstein’ in messages amid accusations that the social media platform is suppressing content critical of President Donald Trump. The issues come less than a week after TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, was forced to divest a majority stake in its US operations to a group of investors loyal to President Trump, who was a close associate with the late convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Since the takeover, TikTok users have also claimed that videos about US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and protests in Minneapolis have also been censored. California Governor Gavin Newsom said that he will probe whether TikTok is violating state law by censoring content.

“It’s time to investigate,” he wrote in a post to X on Monday night. “I am launching a review into whether TikTok is violating state law by censoring Trump-critical content.” His post came in response to a screenshot shared by an X user showing that a message with the word ‘Epstein’ was blocked by TikTok for being “in violation of our Community Guidelines”.

Another Californian Democrat, Senator Scott Wiener, said that one of his videos about how to sue ICE had been suppressed by TikTok. “TikTok is now state-controlled media,” Senator Wiener wrote on X on Monday. “This morning I posted a TikTok about my legislation allowing people to sue ICE agents. It’s sitting at zero views, and I’m not the only person this is happening to.”

Read more: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/tiktok-blocks-epstein-mentions-anti-121450016.html

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[BComplex]

1. Well, we knew that was going to happen.

Duh?

[SergeStorms]

2. Is there anyone....

remaining who doesn't believe Trump wants to be a dictator in our country?

Control the message. Dictatorship 101.

[flvegan]

3. "TikTok is now state-controlled media," Why are we still using it?

Boggles my mind to see folks still using Twitter/X and now TikTok. Filling the coffers of fascism one click, repost, like, subscribe at a time.

[LiberalArkie]

4. Well US TikTok is owned by the Ellisons, same as CBS. To be expected as it was the plan

[DBoon]

6. are any of the Ellisons in the Epstein files?

[LiberalArkie]

7. Probably not in the flight logs as they have had corp jets forever, but..

banging anonymous young kids seem to be what that class of people like. A thrill with no repercussions.

[ancianita]

5. Screen addiction isn't rational; most importantly, screen addiction is always profitable, with/without censorship.