Over the weekend, the House of Representatives passed legislation that seeks to bar TikTok from operating in the U.S. if it does not divest from its Chinese parent-company, ByteDance.
Some social media users are accusing Congress of using a ban against the social media application TikTok to silence criticism of Israel across the U.S.Over the weekend, the House of Representatives passed legislation that seeks to bar TikTok from operating in the U.S. if it does not divest from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.The app has sparked privacy concerns due to ByteDance's alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party .
They just want tiktok to be taken over by ownership that they can control, in order to silence criticism of Israel.'Businessman Gerald Celente wrote, 'The Israel Lobby is coming after TikTok b/c that's the last outlet where Israel can face criticism....'X user @SirStevenKJ wrote, 'The House passed the bill to control TikTok because it allows criticism of Israel and Ukraine. Literally what it's about. This will be used to censor X, Truth Social, Rumble, etc.
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