TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues

Post by mootothemax » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 1:06 AM UTC

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> I really wonder how my life would be different if someone told be that the US, which for me was as close to a paradise as it gets, will go down the same road in the future - I think it would shatter quite a lot of my dreams of a better life. That reminds me of one of the things that stuck with me from The Man in the High Castle (the book). The main story is an alternate timeline where the Nazis/Japanese won WWII an…

There's a similar feeling story in a later League of Extraordinary Gentlemen book* where it's a history of England in that universe. The part that really stuck with me was the description of the government from 1984 as just another strange period in history. Eventually, Big Brother just falls and the next government takes over. Compared with how the system in 1984 feels hopeless and eternal it gives me a strange kind…

Post by deaux » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC

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> but not that fast Why not? All the tech was already put in place by China. All that the U.S. had to do was change the filtered words.

But this blatant move shows "We're no different to the Chinese ruling party now"... If it's a slow descent, people might accept the madness (imagine if a bombshell report showed Biden had links to Epstein, sexually assaulted 20+ women, and was moaning about the Nobel Peace Prize to the prime minister of Norway)... Somehow I'm optimistic that this means the Trump Regime is on its last legs. But well, what's the quote…

Post by direwolf20 » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC

deaux wrote: post #863

netsharc wrote: post #45

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But this blatant move shows "We're no different to the Chinese ruling party now"... If it's a slow descent, people might accept the madness (imagine if a bombshell report showed Biden had links to Epstein, sexually assaulted 20+ women, and was moaning about the Nobel Peace Prize to the prime minister of Norway)... Somehow I'm optimistic that this means the Trump Regime is on its last legs. But well, what's the quote…

> But this blatant move shows "We're no different to the Chinese ruling party now" Huh? They clearly are different - they have all the drawbacks with none of the positives.

Post by direwolf20 » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 1:27 AM UTC

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> did this this apply to the US version of TikTok? Yup. China doesn't want you to know about Chinese problems or history, like Tianenmen Square. > as far as I'm aware did not exist at all when it was owned by China. Then either you weren't paying attention or the filters were working against you as intended.

You say yes, but do you have any evidence to back that up? I’ve never seen any credible reporting suggesting China was censoring any topic on TikTok.

Post by tdb7893 » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 2:04 AM UTC

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Larry and David Ellison have been buying media outlets and those media outlets have started spiking (or delaying, editing, etc) stories that look bad for Trump. It's not that you don't have access at all, it's that these specific platforms are starting to suppress it. This is the notable example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_CECOT

> It's not that you don't have access at all, it's that these specific platforms are starting to suppress it. This is the notable example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_CECOT The 60 Minutes Episode on CECOT aired on Jan 18 and it is also on CBS News' website: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-deported-venezuelans-endur...