Lawmakers say they’re on the warpath because TikTok’s owner is a national security threat. Some users think the app has become a hub for progressive activism
‘There’s certainly an argument to be made that the US government isn’t pleased with some of the progressive politics popping up on TikTok.’‘There’s certainly an argument to be made that the US government isn’t pleased with some of the progressive politics popping up on TikTok.’Tick tock, tick tock … that’s the sound of time running out for Gen Z’s favourite app.
“Because this is one of the few platforms that isn’t completely controlled by the US government, or through corporations that have the US government’s interest in mind, progressive politics have been able to blossom on here,” Ratajkowski said. There’s certainly an argument to be made that the US government isn’t pleased with some of the progressive politics popping up on TikTok. Last year, for example, a number of members of Congress, along with some conservative activists and tech investors, expressed their outrage about the amount of pro-Palestinianand argued that TikTok’s algorithm was biased towards Palestine.
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