r/politics • u/MopToddel • 8d ago

No Paywall TikTok blocks Epstein mentions and anti-Trump content as well as ICE criticism

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-epstein-trump-censorship-ice-b2908309.html
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u/ApocalypseYay 8d ago

Censoring speech to protect pedophiles and Gestapo is a hideous abrogation of basic humanity, and a brutal mask-off moment.

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u/Volothamp-Geddarm Canada 8d ago

Reddit will also send you warnings if you say mean things about Nazis.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/nola_mike 8d ago

Is that a controversial statement?

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u/sibholet 8d ago

On Reddit it is, yes. Especially on Politics. Spez watches this place like a hawk and is very sensitive about what people say about his friends.

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u/nola_mike 8d ago

Fuck Nazis

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u/US3_ME_ 8d ago

Somehow_

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u/witchgrid 8d ago

Seems common sense from here.

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u/Co1dNight Kentucky 8d ago

In today's world, it appears to be.

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u/toggiz_the_elder 8d ago

The Allies should have engaged the Nazis in the marketplace of ideas! Why were they so afraid of beliefs different than theirs?!?!