Why people think the US bill to ban TikTok is linked to pro-Palestine content
Why people think the US bill to ban TikTok is linked to pro-Palestine content
Journalists, rights experts and social media users say move to ban TikTok is being pushed by pro-Israel lawmakers
After a bill in US Congress was overwhelmingly passed to ban the social media app TikTok, social media users outraged online and linked the move to pro-Israel groups trying to curb the surge of pro-Palestinian content on the platform.
The Wall Street Journal also reported last week that there was "new momentum in part because of anger over TikTok videos about the Israel-Hamas conflict".
In another report by the WSJ, Democrat Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said it was the war in Gaza that led him to support a ban on TikTok. Krishnamoorthi said “Oct 7 really opened people’s eyes to what’s happening on TikTok”.
Republican Senator Josh Hawley sent a letter to the Biden administration in November calling for the ban of TikTok. In the letter, he specifically cited the "ubiquity of anti-Israel content on TikTok" as one of his main reasons for advocating for the ban.
Others pointed to the idea that the goal of pro-Israel groups is not to ban the social media giant, but for a pro-Israel entity to purchase the application.Last week, former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he is putting together a group of investors to try and buy TikTok.
"They are not trying to ban #TikTok. They are trying to use government power to force TikTok to be taken over by pro-Israel ownership to silence criticism of #Genocide and #apartheid," said Craig Mokhiber, the former director of the New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Hey now, Americans don't need an excuse to hate China.
In truth the GOP support is almost certainly tied to silencing gen z politically though gen z is significantly more conservative than the millennials, specifically among men.
Do you have any proof of that?
Any proof of the internal motivations of batshit insane politicians?
gen z is significantly more conservative than the millennials
I was specifically talking about that.
There isn't great data on just how conservative gen z is overall but there is a clear gender divide.
https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-changes-political-divides-2019-7
And
https://www.americansurveycenter.org/newsletter/are-young-men-becoming-conservative/
I gotta say i read the first article and the takeaway i got was Gen Z Republicans disagree with current Republican politicians more than they agree. They disagree on governments role, climate change and several other key factors. I didn't see anything about them being a majority or even being aligned with the current "Conservative" viewpoint on any major issue let alone some or all.
You did say “in truth … almost certainly”