In a Tuesday episode of the This Past Weekend podcast, Von dismissed any national security concerns being floated about the China-owned TikTok platform, arguing the prevalence of content related to Israel’s bombing of Gaza — where thousands of civilians have been killed — is the real reason the government is uncomfortable.
“I believe that they don’t want people sharing the truth about the genocide in Palestine and that’s why they’re doing it. I believe that that’s what it is and TikTok is one of those places where people can still do that. And they want to own it. They want to own it, dude,” the podcaster and comedian said.
That could possibly be true IF it were true that TikTok is the only place you can talk about that, but it’s not. Have a look around.
Facebook actively shadow bans you when you discuss Gaza. Tiktok is afaik the only platform where you can agitate about Gaza with significant reach.
Edit: I just watched an FD Signifier video, where he avoided saying the word “Palestine”, because he expects youtube to bury his content if he mentions it.
It’s not ‘talk’ about it, it’s firsthand video of how evil the IDF is. It’s first hand accounts from Palestinians. It’s up to the minute updates, without filter or moderation.
TikTok is the largest platform with the greatest reach where the genocide in Gaza can be discussed without being algorithmically suppressed.
I mean… you can talk about it here and tens of people might see it.
Don’t bother. Logic has no quarter here. If the ban predates the conflict we’ll just do some gymnastics to prove it was in fact still about Gaza
Oh this is a sassy one. Just for context, when did the Israel/Gaza conflict begin? I’m so OOTL.