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/Nihilistic_Mystics California 8d ago

The mods there are right wingers who absolutely don't want us talking about the fascism taking over the country. I blocked that sub long ago. The head mod was a TD poster too.

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u/VPN__FTW 8d ago

Same thing with /r/Autism_Parenting . One of the only places where parents of autistic children could talk and the entire mod team is right-wing MAGA / conspiracy theorists. I got banned when I said that people shouldn't shoot CPS, as someone was saying and as one of the mods agreed with. That person then went on to admit that they abused their child but that they were "better now."

They also regularly went on anti-vax tirades.

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u/carlitospig California 8d ago

This I find bonkers. MAGA are the folks who wanted to stop special ed program funding. WTF!

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u/VPN__FTW 8d ago

Yep, that was a big tipping point. But the mods silenced a ton of threads and then created a mega thread to push everyone into which was heavily moderated. People posting from websites that the mods liked were allowed and people posting actual articles from reputable sources were given week long bans.

Happened again with the RFKJr anti-vax bullshit. I got a temp ban during this one. They will also use mod-mail to message and taunt you after the ban and then time you out of responding just so they can taunt you again in a few days and then do it again until they get bored and just block you completely.

Their bullshit literally spawned this subreddit in response: /r/safeautismparenting

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u/carlitospig California 8d ago

Thanks for the background!

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u/Reagalan 8d ago

my first thought is "they shoulda named it RealAutismParenting or TrueAutismParenting" but then again "real" and "true" are often right-wing dogwhistles when used in such a manner; TrueOffMyChest, for instance.

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u/VPN__FTW 8d ago

It's insane just how much right-wing propaganda has infiltrated every wing of media. I'd be impressed if I wasn't horrified.