Censorship of Palestine: Is Tiktok paying the price for surge in pro-Palestinian content?
Censorship of Palestine: Is Tiktok paying the price for surge in pro-Palestinian content?
On 13 March, the US House voted to ban TikTok. Before we dive into the nitty gritty of its implications, let’s first revisit the role of social media platforms in carrying Palestinian news since October and how it’s all connected
Tiktok is very pro-Palestine indeed. Compare that to the fascist shithole that reddit is right now (or always has been), and I'd say the kids are alright.
I believe reddit is infested with astroturfers paid for by governments.
It's just too manufactured and predictable, at this point.
It's bewildering to go back there and see so much pro Zionist sentiment.
I recall in 2018 when those IDF soldiers were killing civilians and medics during the border protests. The reaction was totally different. Actual empathy for victims of war crimes and disgust for the perpetrators.
Now it seems when there's an equally or even more horrific war crime that happens to Palestinians, the response is always "welp they shouldn't have done october 7th", 178k upvotes, 3152 awards
Some seem to have followed the exodus here.
believe reddit is infested with astroturfers paid for by governments.
As is tiktok, Facebook, Twitter and pretty much ebmvery other popular platform.
After all, President Biden recently said he cannot understand why non-Palestinians are so vested in the Palestinian plight, according to another Democracy Now report.
Can you imagine? People having sympathy for Palestinians being slaughtered?! It’s unbelievable and unforgivable, we like our people to be quiet and uninformed, thank you very much. Next thing you know they get concerned over kids being slaughtered in school shootings. The audacity!
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And as a side note; he doesn’t understand why people are sympathetic to the Palestinian plight, but he is ultra sympathetic to Israel. And he doesn’t even see the irony in that…
Well he's right, nobody cared about Iraqis, Afgans, Syrians, Libyans, Vietnamese, Cambodians,... we've slaughtered tens of millions with no problems, so what's different now?
Some of the largest protests the world and specifically America had ever seen took place during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars drawing incredible numbers of people all across the country to protest. Our government got violent putting down a lot of those protests and The News largely just didn't report it.
It's just harder to hide shit now, but a lot of people seem to discount how much power the TV had over what people thought was going on outside.
We live in a different era now. Where we aren’t as influenced by the media anymore. They can spin stories all their want, but actually seeing the footage come out of Gaza makes it impossible to ignore or deny. The media is losing its grip and that’s what we’re experiencing.
We can no longer be pacified with “it’s not that bad” or “they are the bad guys anyway, all of them” when you see the footage of four guys being blown up, just like that. When you see the videos of parents burying their babies. When you hear the first person stories the media isn’t bringing you.
That’s what’s different.
What's different now is the ability of ordinary people to communicate with us without being gatekept by Western media.
Can't vote for biden after this.
In fact, I don't see me ever voting for another establishment candidate after what they did to Bernie.
It's clear both sides are losing options.
It's clear both sides are losing options.
Like it or not, one of them will be in power after the election.
And one is clearly much worse for both amreicans and the international community.
You (and peoope like you) abstaining from the vote means that Trump's cultist voters' ballots will have a greater influence on the outcome of the election.
Everyone just wants to ban content they don't like.
How about you all mind your own business, fuck off, and let me watch what I want?
Fascism coming at me from both sides.
No, but it sure is funny watching you useful idiots blame everything except for the Chinese ownership & influence ops on why Tik-tok is about to go bye-bye.
It's been coming for a lot longer than the few months since Palestine was back on people's minds. No, this is all about China vs. US.
I agree. It is not in any way a main reason. But it is a data point about how the west does not like a social media app that is not within their complete control.
Does Tiktok have a significant amount of pro-Palestinian propaganda? I honestly don't know, I avoid that thing like a plague.
It has a lot of footage of the ruins and interviews with kids in Gaza. Which in turn has influenced the other kids on Tiktok.
Half of Gaza is under 18, it's really not surprising there are a lot of them with Tiktok accounts.
