Newsom launched a review of the platform, despite TikTok saying a systems failure was responsible for the issue
California governor Gavin Newsom has accused TikTok of suppressing content critical of president Donald Trump, as he launched a review of the platform’s content moderation practices to determine if they violated state law, even as the platform blamed a systems failure for the issues.
The step comes after TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, said last week it had finalised a deal to set up a majority US-owned joint venture that will secure US data, to avoid a US ban on the short video app used by more than 200 million Americans.
“Following TikTok’s sale to a Trump-aligned business group, our office has received reports, and independently confirmed instances, of suppressed content critical of President Trump,” Newsom’s office said on X on Monday, without elaborating.
Well yes, there is a failure of the system. Probably not what they are talking about though.
The enemy of my enemy is not my friend, but let’s not interrupt them.
Newsome running interference for billionaires once again.
DikDok is controlled by Trump. That’s a fact.
He put his cronies in as the new owners and he’s on record saying he will make it MAGA.
How is investigating a company recently bought by a billionaire for doing sneaky shit running interference for them?
