TikTok Users Say Anti-Trump Posts Are Being Censored

January 26, 2025 Politics, Social Media

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. Content creator Pat Loller, 36, said a satirical video he created in response to billionaire Elon Musk’s hand gesture at an inauguration event that appeared to some as a Nazi salute was first tagged as misinformation. Loller was then limited in how widely he could share the video.

TikTok user Lisa Cline said on Meta’s Threads that she was having issues posting a video to TikTok criticizing Trump. “I tried to post this six times to TikTok and it wouldn’t let me because of censorship, here’s (to) hoping it works here,” Cline said. The video referenced Trump’s response to Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde after she asked him, at an inaugural prayer service at Washington’s National Cathedral, to show mercy on people who are “scared.”

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