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Did Trump ‘fix’ TikTok? Users report censorship after outage
When the platform came back online, U.S. users were greeted with a message crediting its return to Trump: “As a result of President Trump’s efforts, TikTok is back in the U.S.!”
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TikTok ban paves way for suppressing speech in anti-China crusade
On Jan. 17, the Supreme Court launched a sweeping, unanimous assault on the First Amendment.
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TikTok law is an attempt to censor, not a warning to Big Tech
As U.S. lawmakers’ agitation over TikTok culminates in a law that threatens a nationwide ban if the social media platform isn’t sold to a U.S. buyer within nine months, an emergent media narrative finds a silver lining.
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Mitt Romney says Congress supports banning TikTok for Israel
Antony Blinken says Israel is losing the PR war because of social media.
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Sinophobia unmasked: The racism pandemic
In the shadow of Covid-19, bigotry paints the Chinese identity as synonymous with disease and subversion—discriminatory policies, from visa restrictions to TikTok bans, have been ramped up ever since, writes FIONA SIM.
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Why are U.S. lawmakers dead set on banning TikTok?
Past efforts to ban the enormously popular app in the United States have failed. Recent success could be linked to the popularity of the Palestine solidarity movement.
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House votes against TikTok—and for more Cold War
A bipartisan effort to effectively ban the social media network TikTok in the United States has taken a great leap forward.