by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:
Social media giant TikTok, which was banned by the US government last year for allowing criticism of Israel to go viral, is reportedly planning to shutdown for US users from Sunday.
From Reuters, “TikTok prepares for US shutdown from Sunday, sources say”:
TikTok plans to shut its app for U.S. users from Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app could come into effect, unless the Supreme Court moves to block it, sources familiar with the matter said.
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‘We have a major Tiktok problem.’
Leaked audio of ADL chief executive Jonathan Greenblatt freaking out because global youth aren’t buying Israel’s propaganda anymore. #Gaza pic.twitter.com/tzU02bSXAm
— Sharmine Narwani (@snarwani) November 16, 2023
TikTok works “constantly” with the ADL to train their 40,000-strong “platform safety” team on censoring “problematic content,” TikTok public policy manager assures EU panel on anti-Semitism.
“It’s important that we do this all the time…” pic.twitter.com/tnjTHOy0R4
— Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews) November 24, 2024
WATCH: ADL CEO Greenblatt tells the Israeli govt how important it is to “capture” TikTok.
“Capturing TikTok might seem less meaningful than holding on to Mount Hermon…but this is urgent because the next war will be decided based on how Israel and its allies perform online.” pic.twitter.com/dGGXqCMezK
— Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews) January 13, 2025
The outcome of the shutdown would be different from that mandated by the law. The law would mandate a ban only on new TikTok downloads on Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab or Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab app stores, while existing users could continue using it for some time.
Under TikTok’s plan, people attempting to open the app will see a pop-up message directing them to a website with information about the ban, the sources said, requesting anonymity as the matter is not public.
As I reported last year, the main reason TikTok is being banned is because it allowed criticism of Israel to go viral.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken lamented last year that TikTok and social media is allowing the world to see “the inescapable reality of people who have and continue to suffer grievously in Gaza,” whereas in the past the “information environment” was controlled by a few newspapers and TV outlets who could shape the narrative.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who was interviewing Blinken, concurred and added that the US banning TikTok is being done to help Israel in their PR war.
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