Am I censored? Some Tictoka users say the application feels different after the ban has abolished Reuters

Author Doyinsol Oladipo

New York (Reuters) – American Ticta users who once saw the application for freedom of speech say they see signs of censorship after the platform owned by the Chinese Bytent, revived by President Donald Trump’s executive order.

Tictoka users notice the difference in the Short-Video app after its rebirth after they left in the dark on Saturday according to the new law-down because of national security concern during the Biden administration with double-sided support-which requires a US customer to be sold to the US customer. Trump vowed to find a prohibition solution, with several bidders in the mix, including people with close relations with the new Republican president.

Users say they notice smaller live streams, and some activity are removed or indicated at higher rates to violate the community guidelines, including for behavior that has been previously allowed.

“While we are returning our services to the United States, some of the Tictoka features can be temporarily unstable or inaccessible. We are working hard to solve this problem,” Tictok told users in the message in the application on Tuesday.

Tictok did not respond to the Reuters’ Commentary Request.

But some users said they now see more of the moderation of content, such as limited search results, as well as warnings on misinformation and instructions to users to check their sources.

Some claimed that Tiktoc was a striking comments that used phrases such as “Slobodna Palestine” and “Free Luigi”, a reference to Luigi Mangione, who was charged with killing Unitedhealth (NYSE 🙂 Executive Director, which was previously allowed.

Trump on Monday signed an executive order he said he had aimed at bringing back free speech and ending the censorship, referring especially to the social media platforms.

The creator of the content, the comedian and veteran Pat Loller, 36, said that the satirical video created in response to the gesture of the Hand of the billionaire Elon Musk on an inauguration event that appeared to some as a Nazi greeting for the first time labeled as misinformation. Loller was then limited in how wide he could share the video, which collected more than a million views.

“I’ve never seen it before, and it’s still there. It says” Sharing is limited to one chat at the same time, “said Loller, who has 1.3 million followers.

Trump said on Tuesday that he was open to Musk, who is a close ally of the president and helps to oversee his new initiative on the effectiveness of the Government, buying a Tiktoca if he wants to do so.

Tictok user Lisa Cline said at Meta (Nasdaq 🙂 The topic that she has problems with posting a video in Tictok who criticizes Trump.

“I tried to publish this six times in Tictok and that would not allow me because of censorship, here (to hop that it works here,” Cline said. The video sent Trump’s response to Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde after asking him, In the inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral of Washington, to show the mercy of people who are “scared”.

Danisha Carter, 27, said her account, who has 2 million followers, was permanently suspended shortly after Tiktoc died on Saturday. She was told that because of “multiple violations of politics” when she tried to report herself after the prohibition had been abolished.

“This is very politically targeted,” Carter said, a political and social commentator, who said that Tictok would not explain his decision, which he said was final. Her final Livestream invited the rich technical executives because of the impact on the US presidential campaign and the US company.

Others say they are marked for comments that are not related to politics, which causes concern that users are targeting other criteria, as well as the inclusion of identity or previous content.

Ada “Mila” Ortiz, an analyst of the data and the creator of the content, said she received strikes after leaving harmless comments on other videos, warning that another violation would prevent her from approaching some features.

“It was so sudden and so accidentally that I thought they were trying to get me out of here,” she said. Ortiz has since deleted about 15 videos that were President Kamal Harris and Anti-Trump.