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Am I being censored? Some US TikTok users say app feels different after ban lifted (www.reuters.com)

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NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - U.S. TikTok users who once saw the app as a haven for free speech say they see signs of censorship after the platform, which is owned by China's ByteDance, was revived by an executive order from President Donald Trump.

"Our policies and algorithms did not change over the weekend," TikTok said in a statement to Reuters. "We are working hard to restore our U.S. operations back to normal and expect some temporary instability as we restore our services, which could impact TikTok features or users' access to the app."

But some users said they now see more content moderation, like limited search results, as well as warnings about misinformation and prompts for users to check their sources.

Some claimed TikTok was striking comments that used phrases like "Free Palestine" and "Free Luigi," a reference to Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing a UnitedHealth executive, which had been previously allowed. TikTok said it does not allow content that promotes violent or hateful individuals on the platform.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago

TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter are different faces of the same propaganda right now.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

TikTok was not as censored before the ban, people could talk about there genders race, could go live at protest, could criticize government shit.

Now I consider it trumptok. Probably a way for TikTok to cater to trump to not ban it by anything related to trump that's negative to ban them and promote all things good trump.

It is no longer TikTok it is now just as bad as meta and x because that's the only way they can see to keep the platform in the United States

Welcome to Amerikkka. If they can't suppress the citizens they will force all to do it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Yeah. It definitely feels different now. The algorithm has been changed again

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Everyone that's not white, straight and healthy already faced censorship.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

They know how dictatorships work.